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- Sep 5, 2008
- Right to Information in India
An informed citizenry provides the strongest foundation of democratic governance. RTI leads to an Open Government, clean administration and Good Governance. - Book Review: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichSolzhenitsyn’s first novel is a masterpiece. It’s also a testament to human cruelty to fellow beings.
- Sep 1, 2008
- Arctic Ice Shrinks to Smallest Ever CoverageThe Arctic is at a climatic tipping point
- Arctic Ice Shrinks to Smallest Ever Coverage
- Aug 29, 2008
- The Left are Better Left Behind
What is "right" for the "left"? If left behind, the country can go "right forward" - Book Review: The Sultan in Palermo by Tariq AliDoes Tariq Ali fly the banner of secular Islam too high?
- Why is Kashmir Important?That is why Darfur is not as important as Iraq or two small provinces of Georgia are to the big powers of the world.
- Aug 28, 2008
- Belles' Belly Balle
Without trying to be too vulgar, weren't the cheerleaders exposing their bellies, just like the belly dancers very much have to ?
- Aug 27, 2008
- Politics - Thy Name is ContradictionPolitics, as they say, has no friends or foes. So, it does mean, those who stick to their word, are non-existent in politics?
- Politics - Thy Name is Contradiction
- Aug 22, 2008
- Revolution? You Kill My Guests I'll Kill YoursThe Talebans kill civilians in the name of Allah. His name also plays on the lips of the dying.
- Revolution? You Kill My Guests I'll Kill Yours
- Aug 20, 2008
- Narendra Modi for Prime Minister
I am at a point where I am ashamed of the shamelessness of those have made a career in being ashamed!
- Aug 18, 2008
- Bernie, You Touched MeI am against the loss of a single civilian life at the hands of a deluded individual, an organization or a state.
- Bernie, You Touched Me
- Aug 17, 2008
- Chiranjeevi Enters Politics, Promises ChangeIt will be interesting to see if Chiranjeevi will be able to mediate his celebrity status to political success.
- Chiranjeevi Enters Politics, Promises Change
- Aug 16, 2008
- Book Review: Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons
What happens when two very reputed journalists with a lot of experience in investigative reporting write a book?
- Aug 15, 2008
- Stingers: Sores That Hardly HealWhen ‘Yesterday’s War’ becomes Today’s Military Operation in which, on their turf, using our weapons, our Stingers, they, the bad guys, face off against us
- The Russia-Georgia Conflict - Stoking The Embers Of The Cold WarSince the breaking up of the Soviet Union, the politics of the Caspian region has become complex, volatile and dangerous.
- Stingers: Sores That Hardly Heal
- Aug 14, 2008
- The Human DNA
Let us own up to the fact there is a common human DNA that makes us all speak up.
- Aug 13, 2008
- Rainwater Harvesting In BangaloreOne possible solution that is being increasingly touted for cities is the use of rainwater harvesting by buildings.
- Rainwater Harvesting In Bangalore
- Aug 12, 2008
- The Russia-Georgia Conflict - The Bear's PowerThis may well seem normal for a powerful country to treat its immediate neighbors as its areas of influence, but not so for the country
- India - Winter in August
May be it is time to get the sweaters out - it looks like it might be winter in August. - Book Review: The Book of Saladin by Tariq AliTariq Ali shows Saladin as a schemer and a planner with only one objective – the re-capture of Jerusalem.
- The Russia-Georgia Conflict - The Bear's Power
- Aug 11, 2008
- Nuclear Power - The Seduction of MephistophelesIn spite of dangers associated with the use of nuclear energy, the seduction of Mephistopheles remains as potent as ever.
- Nuclear Power - The Seduction of Mephistopheles
- Aug 10, 2008
- John Edwards Admits to Affair
The people most happy at this development would be the senior leaders of the Democratic Party.
- Aug 9, 2008
- Supreme Court Acts Tough on Non-Filing of FIRsThe weaker you are, the more difficult it is for you to get the police to file an FIR.
- Supreme Court Acts Tough on Non-Filing of FIRs
- Aug 8, 2008
- Genocidal Indigenous Forces: Teaching Kids War GamesI wonder how youth are trained and motivated to support and even become Taliban, Al Qaeda?
- Genocidal Indigenous Forces: Teaching Kids War Games
- Aug 7, 2008
- The Grey Lady of Bagram: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui - Kidnapped, Tortured and Now Arraigned
A farcical, Kafkaesque admittance by the FBI
- Aug 6, 2008
- Do Bigha Zameen: A Modern RetellingWest Bengal’s reforms turned out to be the best land reform and distribution system in India
- Do Bigha Zameen: A Modern Retelling
- Aug 5, 2008
- Bihar Police Order Closer Look at Section 498 (A)The practice of doing an enquiry and then only proceeding against the named people is a mixed-message step.
- The Story of "London Tod Singh" Is More Than You Know
How many more “London Tod Singhs” do we have left ? Sixty and more years after independence, certainly not many - Do You Know Filmmaker, Activist Ajay TG?No? Neither did I until yesterday. There I was sitting at Juhu's Prithvi Theatre watching a compilation of...
- Bihar Police Order Closer Look at Section 498 (A)
- Aug 4, 2008
- Stop Raving About Rahul Gandhi, A Belated CritiqueIt's been two weeks since the fateful confidence vote and people are still raving about Rahul Gandhi's speech. They shouldn't.
- Toll Gates Inside Cities - Are They Fair?
A take on toll gates being erected inside Chennai city on the IT corridor
- Stop Raving About Rahul Gandhi, A Belated Critique
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