Sunday Column - Select articles of the week

Here are the select articles for the past week.

• "India's stake in Arctic cold war" - This article discusses the new cold war fomenting among the Arctic littoral countries given Arctic's increasing prospects of economic and strategic gains while contrasting it with the role that a aspiring global power like India should adopt in the best interest of  everyone.
• "Let India unleash its soft power" - This article analyses the opportunities in the famine struck African countries presented to emerging powers, like India, due to the economic and moral decline of the West.
• "At the crossroads of mediaphobia" - This article throws light on the increasing desire of the Indian government to control the social media and the Internet, which until now acted as a countervailing force against vulnerable mass media.
• "From food security to food justice" - This article enlightens the reader about the silent economic revolution unfolding with 'Sangha Krishi' (group farming), an experiment of 'Kudumbashree', anti-poverty programme, that is changing the sociopolitical landscape of the state of Kerala.
• "Get it right in Kazakhstan" - This article explores the dilemma that other countries (including India) face over whether to profit from the enforced "political stability" in Kazakhstan to ensure supply of oil, uranium or to encourage the consolidation of democratic institutions and processes within the country.
• "On a wing and a prayer" - This article discusses the economic and political challenges arisen due to violence, tribalism and hatreds, old and new, faced by Libya during the transitional phase into democracy, post Gaddafi regime.
• "Strategic lift in Rafale tailwind" - This article conducts an analysis of Indo-french ties - both nuclear and defence cooperation - right from the time of Indian independence, in the light of the recent Indian defence deal with France to acquire Dassault Rafale.
   

• Women's reservation bill - This article focuses on the neglected issue of reservation, that when implemented would require sufficient numbers of suitable candidates from the respective groups.
• Gandhi and Nehru - A rather precarious article that seemed to be published on the background of Jan 30th, Martyrs day 
• Breaking the strangle hold of nuclear safety regulator and Transparency in nuclear safety bill - These two articles explain the various factors, mysteries by analyzing the features of the proposed nuclear safety bill.
• "Conserve water the way Mizos do" - This article exhorts the water conservation attitude of Mizos.
   

• "Needed urgently: An Education revolution"
• "Building a new urban India" 
• "Kolkata's shame"
• "Welcome ruling"
• "Union of India"  
• "Exit at any cost?"
• "Crouching dragon hidden tiger"