Category Archives: Governance
India secures UN Security Council seat in style
After years of diplomatic maneuvering, India was elected with a hands-down majority on Tuesday as the Asian regional representative to the 15-member UN Security Council, joining Brazil and South Africa in a bloc of emerging economic powers.
INDIA SHINING: Cloud On Silver
By BIMAL JALAN Close to sixty years after Independence, India has indeed become one of the fastest growing economies of the world. Hardly a day passes without somebody saying that India is arriving or has arrived. Even the earlier optimistic forecasts, … Continue reading
The forgotten state
By Holly Tarn About how European powers and the UN undermine the struggle of Africa’s last non-self governing territory for independence. Throughout the late nineteenth century, European powers divided up Africa and its resources in what is now known … Continue reading
‘Take a care with the names Indira, Rajiv’
The government has advised ministers to sparingly name programmes after national leaders like Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi as the implementation of many of these programmes is “not always as ought to be”. Noting that a number of programmes under … Continue reading
Amartya Sen and the Idea of Justice
Amartya Sen’s latest book demands we rethink our approach to questions of justice What is justice? What does a just society look like? And what principles should guide us there? These questions have occupied an entire tradition – the dominant … Continue reading
SEZ La Guerre?
By Lola Nayar, published on outlook, 2nd August 2010 There seems to be no end to the twists and turns in India’s SEZ story. Over the past four years, these exclusive export enclaves have battled political protests, local opposition, compensation formulas, … Continue reading
Name PWD officer who will handle water-related plaints: HC
The high court of Bombay at Goa on Monday directed the state government to file an affidavit on October 12 specifying the name of the public works department (PWD) officer who would handle complaints related to irregular water supply to … Continue reading
1,500 families benefit from Kanyadaan scheme
PANAJI: More than 1,500 families belonging to economically weaker sections of the society, have availed of benefits of the Kanyadaan scheme in four months.
10 THINGS DISTURBING ABOUT THE CONGRESS
by VIJAY SIMHA, From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 41, Dated October 16, 2010
‘The intensity of Kashmiri alienation is much deeper than before’
From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 7, Issue 41, Dated October 16, 2010 CPM Politburo member Sitaram Yechury in an interview with TUSHA MITTAL says that the starting point for any discussion on Kashmir should be its pre-1953 status