The ‘Four Year Undergraduate Programme’ will maul the university’s fine resource heritage and its ‘School of Open Learning’
Ratna Raman Delhi
MAY 2013
MAY 2013
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The BJP is not certain of the benefits of Modi leading the campaign while it is keenly aware of the pitfalls — a deeply polarized election where all other issues such as corruption will be set aside and the national discourse will be focused on Modi
Poornima Joshi Delhi
Even if Nitish Kumar masquerades his opposition to Narendra Modi, he would not really cause any anxiety to the RSS as long as he supports the BJP in a post-poll scenario
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
Face to Face with Manish Tiwari, Union Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister
Poornima Joshi Delhi
Face to Face with Vivek Chibber, Associate Professor at New York University
Sanjay Kapoor and Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
‘BJP is a secular party,’ BJP president Rajnath Singh speaks to Hardnews
Akash Bisht Delhi
Aziz’s Notebook was written immediately after the events described, and is extremely powerful to read. Violent Belongings is an academic attempt to “trace the political economy of memory”
Jaya Bhattacharji Rose Delhi
Fountainhead of Jihad is a crucial document that goes beyond the usual rhetoric of ‘the Taliban’ and delves into the nuances of the insurgency
Sadiq Naqvi Delhi
Three dead in a bomb explosion. Early morning police raids, brutality and demolitions. In this war zone against unarmed peaceful villagers, a mighty multinational and a repressive State have yet again united
Bibhuti Pati Jagatsinghpur (Odisha)
David Barsamian, American Radio broadcaster in conversation with Sanjay Kak, documentary filmmaker in Chicago
Sanjay Kak Chicago
It is unlikely that the journalists will get any part of their due salaries, and it is doubtful the lakhs of depositors who lost money will be compensated. Mamata’s claims are like that of Sudipta Sen and her MP, Kunal Ghosh
Rajesh Sinha Delhi
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Salman Khan goes scott free. Bhai fans across the country rejoice. So the question is: Who killed those black bucks then? An article from our archives which sheds light on what really happened
Akash Bisht Delhi
Big stories, ironically, do not show up on the front pages of newspapers. They are either tucked away in the inside pages or not given any space at all.
Nitish looked sideways when the coffin-gate scam was raised, even while the ‘saffronisation of education’ was in full swing
Amit Sengupta Delhi
I’m so looking forward to the next general election. The fun has already begun, what with some UPA buddies running to the media whenever they’re disgruntled, and declaring that the election will take place this year itself. Here are a few people I’m going to be watching like a hawk.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh: He’s not just raring to go — he’s roaring to go. If he continues this way, there may be a new slogan doing the rounds: “Singh is Lion King!”
Some of the good, bad and ugly things that Margaret Hilda Thatcher indulged in as Britain’s longest-serving and only woman PM were inspired by Vienna-born Friedrich August Hayek. The economist, philosopher and Nobel prize-winner lived at the turn of the last century when monarchies were being torn down and crowns dribbled like a football in the interest of the maximum good for all in society.
As the world felt Boston’s pain and prayed for the dead and injured, another collective prayer arose from many hearts: “Please don’t let the bombers be Muslim, don’t let this have a Pakistani connection.”
Beena Sarwar Boston