For the world's ruling classes, primed for the G20 summit last week, the seemingly colorless niceties of monetary policy became the topmost theme of debate. And while the villains of the political class charact
It was fashionable to be patriotic during the Kargil war and now it is fashionable to be fighters against corruption, thanks to Anna Hazare.Within days of the fast of the veteran Gandhian’s understandable
A Regional Women Leaders' Convention is being held on 24-25 March 2011, in Mau, UP, as part of the Empowering Rural Women (ERW) programme, which has been operating in 253 Gram Panchayats (village councils) of 1
Obsessed with Pakistan, Manmohan Singh failed to promote India's larger interests in the neighbourhood during the Cricket World Cup tournament. India’s neighbours like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, B
The inclusion of ‘civil society' representatives in the drafting committee of the Lok Pal Bill raises several discomfiting questions. Where are we headed as a nation?Since RTI campaigner Arvind Kejriwal w
Can’t get out of the shopping mall until your wallets get thin or instinctively found yourself dashing into a shop at the glance of a hanging T-Shirt? Ever felt your memory decoded and you simply responde
Earth Day SpaceInitiated by Resource Centre_______________________________________ Glass Painting Manphe, Class 10,Little Star Higher Sec. School, Dimapur. _______________________________________
We have read and heard the greatest man of the 18th Century, Abraham Lincoln, US President of the 18th Century. Who persisted in his political career to fulfilled one of his most important dreams that the Almig
After two decades of rapid urbanisation, many Asian cities have become economically productive and prosperous. But have they become desirable places to live in? A report on the “State of Asian Cities 2010
The draft bill seeks to create an institution that will be independent of those it seeks to police, and will have powers to investigate and prosecute all public servants, and others found guilty of corrupting t
As Asia reemerges on the world stage in this century, its civilizational origins will become a subject of intense study and debate. Asians are rediscovering their own past and deriving inspiration from it for t
Today's subject is considered a controversial one. But I am confident that you have enough brain power to examine the evidence thoughtfully and come to a valid conclusion. My job will be to present the facts. Y
There is no reason why we cannot redefine governance except perhaps the mindset of much of our bureaucracy and political class steeped in socialism.Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth. Fatin Abbas argues that the uprisings that have erupted across north Africa and the Middle East in recent mon
The most important thing is that protesters are still demonstrating in Egypt, keeping pressure on the interim military council to move toward democracy, says Sherif Mansour. This program officer for the Middle
In his 2011 New Year message, S. Singnya, the President of the ‘Federal Government of Nagaland/ Naga National Council’ (FGN/NNC) declared,After several rounds of reconciliation meets and the declara
It’s a new day in the Arab world — and, let’s hope, in American relations to the Arab world.The truth is that the United States has been behind the curve not only in Tunisia and Egypt for the
Soon after the Fukushima accident last month, I stated publicly that a nuclear event of this size and catastrophic potential could present a medical problem of very large dimensions. Events have proven this obs
In the recently concluded assembly elections in Assam (March-April 2011), one of the issues which was whipped up by BJP was about the Bengali speaking people especially the Muslims of Assam. Most of the Bengali