"During Taliban reign over Afghanistan, women were subjected to atrocities and repression of the kind the world thought had ended with the medieval ages. When they were ousted in 2001, much was made of the promise the moment held for Afghan women ... But more than a decade later, and under the west-backed Hamid Karzai goverrnment, the ground situation has shown little improvement."
"Given the dismal uncertainties of present-day Afghanistan, it seems unlikely that its women can even regain those limited freedoms any time in the near future, let alone lead 21st century lives."
10 Jan 2012
Russia for a close knit economic alliance
"The Eurasian Union will be a full-fledged economic bloc, modelled on the European Union, with a common currency, harmonised legislation, and coordinated economic and monetary policies."
9 Jan 2012
No Hungarian rhapsody
"Hungary's political reforms have sparked angry unrest and are also causing the European Union serious problems. "
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : No Hungarian rhapsody:
"Mr. Orbán, by exploiting a form of ethno-nationalism with fascist undertones, is exposing the hollowness of triumphalist proclamations of democracy, prosperity, and freedom that were made when the Soviet Union and its allies collapsed. No less than the core values of the European Union are on test and all those Hungarians who resist the Orbán-led onslaught deserve the world's support at this time."
Boosting research in India
Science and Technology Policy of 2003, unveiled by Vajpayee ... declared that the country's investment in S&T would be raised to at least two per cent of GDP by the end of the Tenth Plan (2002-07). In January 2007, Dr. Singh, inaugurating the Science Congress ... pushed the timeline for achieving that goal to “the next five years.” Now that those five years are up, the PM has extended the target date by another five years, with the goal to be met “by the end of the 12th Plan Period.” And so it goes on...!
Death sentences haphazardly meted out, says Connecticut study
"It found that inmates on death row are indistinguishable from equally violent offenders who escape that penalty."
U.S. trump card in the Afghan endgame
"The Obama administration is considering the transfer of Mullah Mohammed Fazl, big-time Taliban and one of Mullah Omar's closest allies detained at the Guantanamo Bay, to Afghan custody."
Must not allow the drumbeat of war against Iran to become an inevitability: David Miliband
‘Iraq was above all a tragedy for the loss of life, the loss of trust that came from the absence of WMD.'
'Big Indian publishing houses don't think the northeast will sell'
Q&A
with Easterine Kire Iralu, Nagaland's first novelist in English, who has written books like A Naga Village Remembered, discussing how her state became defined only by conflict, a fine tension vibrating between Naga and Indian identity - and the politics of publishing
Interview - Q&A
-The Times of India, January 9, 2012
with Easterine Kire Iralu, Nagaland's first novelist in English, who has written books like A Naga Village Remembered, discussing how her state became defined only by conflict, a fine tension vibrating between Naga and Indian identity - and the politics of publishing
Interview - Q&A
-The Times of India, January 9, 2012
Wipe The Slate Clean
For sustaining India's growth story, we must reinvent government and the way it works
Wipe The Slate Clean
-The Times of India, January 9, 2012
Wipe The Slate Clean
-The Times of India, January 9, 2012
It's match play
A way to bridging the golf divide between spouses
It's match play
-The Times of India, January 9, 2012
It's match play
-The Times of India, January 9, 2012
7 Jan 2012
Virat Kohli fined half his match fee for showing middle finger to Sydney crowd
Times View - He paid the correct price
Counterview - Unfairly harsh on Kohli
-The Times of India, January 7, 2012
Counterview - Unfairly harsh on Kohli
-The Times of India, January 7, 2012
A Watchdog Needs Teeth
Only public pressure on the political class will ensure a strong and effective Lokpal
A Watchdog Needs Teeth
-The Times of India, January 7, 2012
A Watchdog Needs Teeth
-The Times of India, January 7, 2012
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