AUGUST 2012

Editorial: August 2012
Hardnews Bureau Delhi

Face to Face: Dr Burak AkÇapar, Turkey’s Ambassador to India
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi 

The consequences of a deranged mind has brought into debate gun laws, moral responsibilities, societal decay, and the entire brooding world of Batman into the public eye
Sonali Ghosh Sen Kolkata 

A Dark Knight movie with not enough Dark Knight, a superhero movie of gravity but not enough levity, a season of light in the shadow of darkness
Sonali Ghosh Sen Kolkata 

The US will not push military confrontation with Iran, at least until after the November presidential polls. There are strong indications that direct back channel talks are on between Washington and Tehran 
Nilova Roy Chaudhury Delhi 

With Brahmaputra wrecking havoc on the pristine national parks in Assam, the wildlife is under constant threat from rising waters and poachers 
Ravishankar Ravi Guwahati