All Entries in the "OPINION" Category
Obama victory: Will he seize the moment?
By Praful Bidwai
New Delhi: The election of Barack Hussein Obama as the President of the United States has electrified the world community and ignited hope. It is a matter of epochal significance that a Black man will live as the master of the White House, which was built by Black slaves and staffed by them [...]
Hindutva’s Violent History in Orissa
BY ANGANA CHATTERJI
Anthropologist
HINDUTVA’S PRODUCTION of culture and nation is often marked by savagery. On 23 August 2008, Lakshmanananda Saraswati, Orissa’s Hindu nationalist icon, was murdered with four disciples in Jalespeta in Kandhamal district. State authorities alleged the attackers to be Maoists (and a group has subsequently claimed the murder). But the Sangh Parviar held the [...]
Manmohan’s tainted victory faciltates alignment with US
BY PRAFUL BIDWAI
Manmohan Singh’s tainted victory facilitates India’s alignment with the U.S. and conservative domestic policies, completing the project he launched 17 years ago.
INDIAN supporters of a close strategic alliance with the United States, who also profess or advocate probity and democratic norms in public life, never cease to amaze one. For [...]
