Editorial: September 2012
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
SEPTEMBER 2012
SEPTEMBER 2012
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Kanda can very well try to spend his way out of trouble; but it is unlikely that he can fight the curse of a ‘trapped’ Geetika who was forced to hang herself
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
Chavez told Manmohan Singh that he had read his South Commission report (a strongly progressive document) during his days of incarceration and wondered why he did not work towards its implementation
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
The fact that CAG did not mention the PM specifically has not stopped the BJP from blaming him for the Coalgate scam. So why such kindness on Praful Patel when it comes to the massive Delhi Airport scam?
Poornima Joshi Delhi
Little Rimsha Masih. Does she even know what is her crime?
Kiran Nazish Islamabad
Coppola, Tarantino, Mahabharata meets noir. The film mirrors reel life with real doppelgangers. Deaths foretold, but with grim humour
Shonali Ghosh Sen Kolkata
The violence in Assam and exodus of Northeast people across India points to a sinister agenda with a typically deceptive game plan. In the face of a weak, discredited UPA II, and an insensitive, xenophobic BJP, this can become dangerous
Sanjay Kapoor Delhi
The most important lessons from the Kokrajhar Carnage: Nothing is as toxic as the vote bank politics of illegal migration. An incident can go viral in minutes thanks to social network sites. And, Delhi can no longer buy peace by granting ethnic homelands at gunpoint
Patricia Mukhim Shillong
With terms such as ‘immigrant, non-citizen, foreigner’ floating in public discourse, and the xenophobes upping their ante, the deepest fears of Indian Muslims are stalking the tragic landscape in Assam
Nabanipa Bhattacharjee Delhi
Freud would call it a Freudian Slip as a public spectacle for all to see
Amit Sengupta Delhi
Between Mamata Banerjee and Mukul Roy, stationed forever in Kolkata, Indian Railways, the lifeline of India, is in a terrible mess. Every moment, millions of passengers’ safetylies in stark jeopardy. So why is the PM not sacking the railway minister?
Akash Bisht Delhi
A ballad of denials and drama underscores the vacuity of politics in contemporary West Bengal. This is the breaking news of the Mamata Bannerjee spectacle
Abhijit Kundu Kolkata/Delhi
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If it was all based on Newton’s third law of motion, so who masterminded the public spectacle of organised barbarism in Gujarat on February 28, 2002?
Amit Sengupta Delhi
I must begin by congratulating all the fabulous Indians who shone at the Olympics. I have to throw in warm hugs for our two favourite women –Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal! Okay, so we didn’t do as wonderfully well as we had hoped we would, but on the brighter side, our sportspersons didn’t have to pay exorbitant excess baggage fees on their way back home. Also, we needn’t despair because India has so many people who are world-class at other more important things than sweaty sports. Take a look at just a few: