B RamanOne of the most successful operatives of the Research and Analysis Wing, R&AW, India’s external intelligence agency, was a Tamil police officer, who rose from the ranks. B N Mallick, the legen
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K. ElaLawyers, Police, NGOs, Government Officials, Civil Societies, how many of us can confidently say, “I have done my bit of creating a better world for our children?”I am posing this question to one and
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Farzana VerseyThe fate of the filming of Monica Ali’s book will add her to the roster of Joans of Arc in what has now become a routine canonisation ritual of pop multiculturalism. A group of Bangladeshis has
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Jason MillerAccomplishing a logic-defying feat, the wealthiest nation in the world has “attained” the highest rate of homelessness amongst developed countries. 3.5 million human beings experience homelessne
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T P SreenivasanMore than a year ago, a seasoned Indian diplomat, with vast experience of the UN, told me that the entry of the South Korean foreign minister in the race for the UN secretary general meant that a
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Hamid MirFour years ago, General Pervez Musharraf was the first head of State to announce the death of Osama bin Laden. In an interview to CNN on January 18, 2002, he said bin Laden had died because of his kidn
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Interview of General VS Atem, Emissary to Collective Leadership, NSCN (IM)By VK Shashikumar, EditorSpecial Investigations, CNN IBNVK Shashikumar: What are those issues that are very relevant at this present tim
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Prof. V. S. GuptaToday, when the contemporary media scenario bristles with unheard of turmoil- investigative journalism- through all means fair and foul; over-riding role of market forces in the media wherein t
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I have taken such an inordinately long time over pouring out, what was agitating my soul, to those whom I had just now the privilege of serving. I have been called their leader or, in the military language, the
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David ShoshaniThe belief always precedes the reality. If one continuously keep saying to oneself and to the others that TrueLove is fake, and that one will only consider to believe in it once one sees it manife
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Jesse Jackson When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez labeled President Bush the “devil” at the United Nations, saying that the “smell of sulfur” was still on podium, he got the firestorm he knew wo
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Azim A. Khan Sherwani The criminal proceedings against the accused in the notorious Hashimpura massacre case have recently reopened in New Delhi’s Tis Hazaree Court. It is a chilling reminder of the apat
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K.T. Thomas RengmaThat tourism enriches was not an unknown concept even to the ancient Nagas. Illiterate Nagas of old were tourists in their own unique way. They traveled from village to village bartering their
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Edward SaidWhat lies behind the Pavlovian regularity with which Arabs try to hurt and impede each other rather than uniting behind a common purpose, asks Edward SaidUnderlying most of the findings in the much c
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Yoginder SikandAddressing a recently-held conclave of Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states, the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, warned of a possible spurt in suicide attacks by terrorists targeting r
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Nasser AminThailand’s coup has hit close to home in Nepal’s capital. Here, a hereditary monarch, who like his South-east Asian counterpart claims to be the incarnation of a god, sits in his palace brooding
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Rajat NarangWhenever I hear the word ‘Reservation’, the first things that come to mind are trains, planes and movie tickets – where you need to make a reservation for a seat. But, of course, there is also
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Fiona HarveyScientists at Nasa, instead of staring into the skies, have been using satellites to look down at the world and track how it is changing. Within a year, the US space agency disclosed this week, an a
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In a democratic set up, a government is run by the body which has the mandate of the people known as the government of the people, by the people and for the people. On the other hand, people’s mass based orga
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Mukoma Ngugi The Berlin Wall is dismantled brick by brick in November of 1989. It becomes a symbol of freedom and new beginnings. A few months into 1990 the Soviet Union collapses and from its ruins a ple
