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Consumers have to show awareness

May 17th, 2012

Plastic bags use must be phased out By Rashmi Saksena If you are a child of the pre ‘50s you would remember the good old days when ‘chai’ was sold in ‘kullahar’, the fragrance of the damp earthen mug mingling with the steam rising from the hot tea? Recall samosas handed out in bags made [...]

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The normal socialist

May 17th, 2012

By Kanwal Sibal What does Francois Hollande’s victory in the French presidential election mean for India, Europe and the rest of the world? We know very little about him in India. Hollande’s political career has been confined to domestic politics, but without any governmental experience even though he has headed the French Socialist Party from [...]

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Symptoms versus malady

May 16th, 2012

By Toki Blah A socio-political episode in Meghalaya’s history that everyone wants to forget about has risen from its own ashes and is now primed, once again, to run out of control. Like a scene from a horror movie, the sceptre of violent agitations, bands, night blockades et al over illegal immigrants / unauthorised voters [...]

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BJP is facing a crisis of ideological direction

May 16th, 2012

By Kedar Nath Pandey The RSS has given second term to the BJP president Nitin Gadkari as the party appeared to be descending in chaos. BJP’s former Union minister Arun Shourie called the party president Rajnath Singh “Alice in Blunderland”5, and indicated a renewed contest between the militant and conciliatory faces of Hindutva. In turn, [...]

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60 And Going Steady

May 15th, 2012

By Paul Lyngdoh The sixtieth anniversary of India’s Parliament came close on the heels of a potentially powerful onslaught on the institution, courtesy Anna Hazare and group. The reverberations were far more potent than the attack unleashed by Afzal Guru and his lackeys. The Sunday sermons on May 13 led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [...]

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What’s there to celebrate?

May 15th, 2012

60 Years Of Parliament By Poonam I Kaushish Politicians are those who can circumvent even God. This truism rang true as the curtain rang down on the day-long celebrations of completing 60 years of Parliament Sunday last. Underscoring, that politics is the last refuge of scoundrels! Sadly, if one looked forward to some introspection, a [...]

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The Inconvenient truth

May 14th, 2012

By HH Mohrmen Call it what you like, doubtful voters’ issue, foreigners issue or registration of voters in the electoral roll, the issue is very sensitive and crucial and it is the same issue that has shrouded the state since the last part of the seventies. Students’ movements have come and gone but the influx [...]

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