Editorial

Hiranmay Karlekar Eric Hobsbawm, the eminent historian who passed away not so long ago, wrote in Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century, "The second (the first being printed publication) fine art which is doing well…
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The growing menace of stray-cows, dogs and buffaloes-is posing a threat to the people especially the road users at night. One finds most of the roads occupied by these animals. A cursory round of various areas of the city is just enough to…
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At a time when India is advocating peace in the neighbourhood especially with China, an Arunachal Pradesh minister's assertion that the state will experience a 'Kargil like situation' holds some weightage. He laid emphasis on the lack of…
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 Dr. Daleep Pandita Recent instructions issued by Vigilance Commission to government departments to celebrate vigilance week with full enthusiasm is merely a symbolic tokenism for such a short period that has been continuing for the past…
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Ashok K Mehta One country in the neighbourhood where the Modi magic has worked dramatically is Nepal. With his marvel of oratory and a few symbolically-choreographed acts in Kathmandu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi conquered the hearts and…
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Bharat Jhunjhunwala Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been trying to bring foreign investment from NRIs and multinational corporations-from the United States in particular. But the bonhomie is superficial. The standoff on major contentious…
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Swachch Bharat Abhiyan, started with much fanfare, provided just a photo op for many to carry the broom and become an extension of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign to make the country clean. This seems to have met its death…
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The emergence of West Bengal as the launching pad for terror outfits has come out as a surprise and shows that radical Islamic organisation may have been responsible for creating the wide spread terror funding modules through Hawala. Though…
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Vinayshil Gautam The understanding of the concept of leisure is fundamental to the designing of interventions for the modern economy. There are various estimates of the business available in the 'leisure sector'. Leisure business is spread…
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M. M Khajooria The on-going sporadic but numerous bouts of cease-fire violations on the IB and LoC in J and K were not only escalated but guns were specifically aimed at civilian targets. The first civilian fatal causality was reported…
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