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Articles with tag: Mao

Uneven Democracy : The Cry from Chhattisgarh

Anand Patwardhan   Nov 7, 2009   interacts: 45

Our democracy is patchy. Our democracy is uneven. Even in our cities it is the experience of every ordinary citizen that law is not applied to everyone evenhandedly.

Bombay Lefties

Prashant Bhatt   Jul 29, 2009   interacts: 187

You can still find some of the old vanguard sitting in the garden at Horniman circle in the Fort area of Bombay, discussing the murder of the Communist MLA Krishna Desai.

Sonia Sotomayor: Justice at Last?

Beej K Singh   Jul 27, 2009   interacts: 5

Sonia Sotomayor has waited a long time for her current nomination – and the country has waited much longer to see a Hispanic Judge in the Supreme Court.

Maoist Insurgency Rocks India

Nauman Asghar   Jul 24, 2009   interacts: 39

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described the Maoist uprising as ‘the biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country’

Do Not Wash This Blood; Do Not Wipe This Tear: Get Angry

Maloy K Dhar   Dec 12, 2008   interacts: 6

Change the system, change the governing tools, change the consitution, change the laws, change the criminal jurisprudendec system and dump the politicians of present variety.

The Raj Lives: India In Nepal

Umesh Verma   May 6, 2008   interacts: 30

Six decades after the British withdrew from the subcontinent, it takes considerable audacity to produce a book titled “The Raj Lives�.

The Arrest of Nuon Chea- Terror is an Old Hat

Shantanu Dutta   Sep 21, 2007

The arrest of Nuon Chea, a now obscure but once powerful symbol of terror re-minds us that the war against terror is not a new one.

Psychology of Guerrilla War

Khalid Sohail   Feb 8, 2007   interacts: 124

Ironically, twentieth century that started with guerrilla warriors, followers of Lenin, promoting Communism, ended with Muslim guerrilla warriors, followers of Osama, attacking Communism

Dismantling India’s Colonial Past

Shantanu Dutta   Feb 6, 2007   interacts: 5

In matters of foreign policy, India is beginning to abandon the Raj approach to our neighbors

The Violent Face of South Asia

M V Kamath   Dec 7, 2005   interacts: 224

All of South Asia is violent. Murder and mayhem may strike terror in the hearts of the few, but the great middle class will always have the final word

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