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Ajayan 12:18 AM | November 10,2009
The peoples’ crusade against the Silent Valley 120MW hydroelectric project led to the promulgation of Forest Conservation Act in 1980 restricting the use of forest land for any non-forest reason
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Anindita Ghose 12:49 AM | October 31,2009
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has declared 31 October, the 25th death anniversary of Indira Gandhi, as Martyrdom Day
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11:21 PM | October 29,2009
By empirical standards, Indira Gandhi’s record is worthy of pride. In fact, the lessons of the age that led to her authoritarian turn are ignored
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Capital Calculus | Anil Padmanabhan 12:33 AM | October 26,2009
Economic reform, as we know of it today, was first initiated in 1980-81 and then accelerated at an unprecedented pace in 1991: a laudable part of Indira Gandhi’s legacy to this country
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10:47 PM | October 01,2009
Mere oratory and research skills (that some of the faculty exhibit as proof of their talent) cannot be a substitute for a hard job in industry
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Capital Calculus | Anil Padmanabhan 01:15 AM | September 07,2009
India’s negotiators may be patting themselves on the back that in the process they may have reinvented their image as a proactive negotiator as opposed to someone who has always railed from the sidelines
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Cafe Economics | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha 10:21 PM | July 14,2009
After the July 1969 decision, political control of banks meant political control over the entire Indian economy
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Cafe Economics | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha 10:20 PM | July 14,2009
After the July 1969 decision, political control of banks meant political control over the entire Indian economy
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Mahesh Rangarajan 10:32 PM | June 18,2009
For India to preserve its crucial ecological system, it must look beyond endangered species’ protection
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Political Dynamics | S Gurumurthy 12:16 AM | June 18,2009
The BJP had adopted Gandhian socialism and genuine secularism in 1980, compelled by the context of Indira Gandhi’s return in 1980. But it discarded both in 1989, responding to the sociopolitical developments since 1987
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Bharat Karnad 09:22 PM | May 31,2009
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s nebulous beliefs and obsolete themes left it fumbling this election
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Sunandan Roy Chowdhury 09:06 PM | May 20,2009
The people of West Bengal felt democracy was their bread; but the butter of economic development could wait
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Shyam Benegal 10:22 PM | May 01,2009
Shyam Benegal recounts his association with Ray and the making of ‘Satyajit Ray, A Film’
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Bharat Karnad 09:28 PM | April 30,2009
India’s national security vision lacks serious intellectual content. In a volatile world, that spells trouble
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Reply to All | Aakar Patel 09:46 PM | April 24,2009
There is one brutally tough man in politics, but it is not Advani. This man is cold and emotionless when you observe him talk
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