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MEMBERS OF THE CPI(M) and activists protesting in Mangalore on August 27 against corruption in the city's corporation. The Left's presence in mass movements and grass-roots mobilisations on people's livelihood issues, while still substantial, has decreased.-R. ESWARRAJ

Challenges for Left

The Left parties can reverse their decline and strengthen themselves only through candid self-criticism and by returning to mass work.

SECURITY GUARDS STAND near the burnt-down reception block of the Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar.-SAURABH DAS/AP

For a just deal

Violence at the Maruti Suzuki plant in Manesar highlights Indias industrial relations malaise and demands radical remedies.

Fighting Maoists

Wanton civilian casualties are simply impermissible while combating extremists, even if they use human shields.

On Anna Salai in Chennai, traffic snarls such as this one are a daily occurrence.-R. SHIVAJI RAO

Our dying cities

India is urbanising rapidly, but it has failed to build a civic consciousness or culture that can stem urban decay.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with BJP president Nitin Gadkari at the rally that marked the end of the party's national executive in Mumbai on May 25.-RAJANISH KAKADE/AP

Turning to Modi?

The BJP's acceptance of Narendra Modi as its pre-eminent leader with an eye to the next general elections could vitiate the political climate.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak in an April 2011 photograph.-AMIR COHEN/REUTERS

Initiative on Iran?

The easing of the Iran nuclear crisis presents a new chance for India to explore creative diplomacy.

A dangerous high

Euphoria over the Agni-V test flight reflects hypernationalism and jingoism, not rational concern for adequate security.

General V.K. Singh, Chief of the Army Staff.-S. SUBRAMANIUM

Cloaked daggers

The intrigue and disinformation campaign against the Army Chief, General V.K. Singh, is discrediting the institution itself.

K.N. Panikkar.-T. SINGARAVELOU

Assault on freedom

When universities start censoring speech and banning books, and permission is needed to hold conferences, we risk becoming a hollow, illiberal democra

ON THE FIRST anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan, two brothers offer prayers for their parents who were killed, in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture.-KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS

End of an illusion

One year after Fukushima, the world must embrace another energy paradigm based on renewable sources and climate-friendly consumption.

AT A GROCERY store in Sendai in Miyagi prefecture, Japan, on March 14, after the explosion at the nuclear plant in Fukushima on March 12, 2011.-AFP

Radiation crisis

The multi-reactor meltdown accident in Japan beginning last March 11 has not ended, as a visit to the region shows.

Red-green deal

It is time to jettison neoliberalism for programmes that combine equity with climate-sensitive schemes for universal public service provision.

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