The goalposts of demonetisation may keep shifting but one thing is clear, the fire in factories and labourers kitchens are fast dying out
Abeer Kapoor Kanpur
DECEMBER 2016 - JANUARY 2017
December 2016- January 2017
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Russia has unveiled a new strategic paradigm
Lt Gen Rameshwar Yadav Delhi
No matter what the spin around the note ban, it is clear the move was a politically expedient decision rather than a principled policy move
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
The RBI has reported that it has recovered Rs 29.84 crore worth of fake notes out of the currency taken back
Mohan Guruswamy Delhi
The ordnance factory at Bhandara has been waiting for new equipment that will enable it to arm the Indian troops better, but the Ministry of Defence has chosen short-term measures instead of fixing the problem that has grave consequences for India’s national security.
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It will be a long time before we can uncover the hidden death toll and systemic problems that resulted from poor access to healthcare caused by demonetisation
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When Iranian President Hasan Rouhani began to speak at the media summit in Tehran where I was invited to speak, I pleasantly realized that I could get a drift of his speech. There were so many words like “hefazat” ( protection) and “Vajood” ( existence), “ Nizamay Islamiya” ( Islamic paramountcy), “azaadi” and many more such words that flowed so effortlessly from him in his long speech that I understood due to my understanding of Urdu- which is almost 80 percent Persian. He spoke on why freedom of the press had to be protected and the importance for job security for journalists.
It’s time for my year-end award ceremony–the only occasion when I get to decide who wins what! It’s been a rather sad year for most of us across the world and I doubt 2017 is going to be better. How is it possible with bigots in charge of so many countries (sigh)? Anyway, back to the present.
One of the titles that I brought back from Delhi's impressive World Book Fair is Pigeons of the Domes. This collection of 18 short stories on the theme of communalism is edited by literary historian Rakshanda Jalil. The stories were originally written in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi.
My reason for picking up this particular volume for myself turns out to be somewhat similar to that of Jalil who says in the introduction that she put the book together in an effort to trace the secular thread in the fabric of modern India.
Atishi Marlena, Adviser to Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, talks about the lacunae in Delhi’s education system and how to bridge them
Shibu Kumar Tripathy Delhi