Editorial

Kushan Mitra Modern wars are usually large, multi-theatre events with tens of smaller battles taking place across different fronts. A victory or defeat in one battle may not signify much and could have little to do with the eventual outcome…
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Arun Joshi The Supreme Court's refusal to direct the Jammu and Kashmir Government to constitute a commission for the minorities - Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Christians - in the State may have its legal strength, and so may be the case of…
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Funding of elections has always been mired with controversies and the role of black money remained shrouded as there was no mechanism to trace the trail of the funds flowing to support any political party. The Union Government's move on…
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Once again the fault line between Dalits and Marathas was exposed this year when protests are being staged against celebration of Battle of Bhim Koregaon. Political meddling has led to intolerance and giving fewer margins to anyone who does…
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Sandhya Jain So alarming is the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir that after failing to hold elections to Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency for over a year, and postponing Panchayat and municipal elections (terms ended July 2016, March…
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Dr. P. Kumar, Dr. R. K Arora It was a very nice experience to attend the first of its kind, the 'National level Workshop on Farmers' Feedback for Doubling the Farmers' Income by 2022' under Farmer FIRST programme of the Indian Council of…
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E.Rajesh Pathak Born on 3rd January 1831 and married to a great social revolutionary, Jyotiba Phule, Savitribai Phulay was the first Indian lady of British India to initiate different activities for social emancipation of women in…
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It is good that some realisation has started seeping down the American thinking that Pakistan has never been sincere as far as not supporting terror and organisations sympathetic to the cause of terrorism. The American move comes as a major…
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It has been a year back Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked political parties to shed their resistance to push for transparency in campaign finance, strengthening the growing estimate that the government is working on a package for measures…
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Harcharan Bains The results of the just-concluded Gujarat and the Himachal Pradesh elections have thrown up some important outcomes. One is the introduction of a new equation into the political idiom: "anger versus decency and dignity." The…
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