Opinions

War of the Cousins
06-09-10

AN attempt by some former Shiv Sainiks to bring the executive president of the Shiv Sena, Mr Uddhav Thackeray and the president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Mr Raj Thackeray together once again has been frowned at by both the rival cousins.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
06-09-10

Ragging at GMC
THE Health Minister of Goa, Mr Vishwajit Rane is reported to have said, ‘GMC ragging not so serious as to merit my intervention…’ Ragging, in any form, is a serious matter. There have been numerous cases where students have committed suicide after being ragged; and some even reportedly killed.

Celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi in Goa
05-09-10

by nandkumar kamat

THIS week with the rest of western India, Goa would be celebrating a major Hindu festival–Ganesh Chaturthi. Lord Ganesha has become a national icon.

Banish Suffering

05-09-10

THE ‘hostage crisis’ created and sustained by Maoists for almost a week in Bihar need not drive the State into a hysteria, whether at the state level or at the Centre.

Costs to Future
05-09-10

THE UP government promises to make a policy under which farmers cannot be forced to part with their land. Any land acquisition can be done only with their consent.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
05-09-10

An Alert Citizenry

THE Pilerne Citizens Forum (PCF) must be congratulated for their action and call to investigate the electoral rolls in the state.

A Befitting Reply to China
04-09-10

BY INDER MALHOTRA
TWO facts stand out in the wake of China’s offensive refusal of a visa to one of India’s top generals bound for Beijing to lead the Indian delegation in a high-level exchange with the northern neighbour and the calibrated Indian reaction of “suspending” but not snapping military exchanges between the two countries.

Good Luck to Queen Sonia
04-09-10

MS Sonia Gandhi’s election as Congress president for the fourth successive term is something that carries surprise to no one in this country, inside or outside Congress.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
04-09-10

India Starving
BEING extremely engrossed with the IPL and the BCCI–both money-spinners–Mr Sharad Pawar paid no heed to his responsibilities as Agriculture Minister. Sugar shortage, inflation in food products, extreme frustration among the poor farmers and now rotting of sixty-one thousand tonnes of foodgrain!

Defining Azaadi in Kashmir
02-09-10

BY KEDAR NATH PANDEY
VERY few Muslim Kashmiri boys are willing to come out of Kashmir in search of jobs. Without making the story too long and loaded with the Rajatarangini, sufism and so on, all Kashmiris believe in something called Kashmiriyat. But no matter how hard they try, they can’t define it.