Satyajit’s Sansar
A peek into legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray's life and works.
Partha Chatterjee | May 28, 2004
India, the GM-trashbin
While the world wakes to the human health and environment nuisance of genetically modified crops, India is fast turning into a dustbin for the new technology.
Devinder Sharma | May 10, 2004
A primitive national policy
What might be considered 'primitive' by the enlightened may not be a state of backwardness. Tribal knowledge-systems need not conform to 'mainstream' development notions.
Sudhirendar Sharma | May 10, 2004
CBD: The unmaking of a treaty
A convention whose formulation brought together developing countries as a unified bloc now faces the unfortunate proposition of disjointed Southern representation.
S Faizi | May 09, 2004
‘Monolith India’ and the vote bank
Democracy has sharpened the popular diversity by transforming the masses into vote banks.
Syed Ali Mujtaba | May 07, 2004
The theological ‘other’
'Hindus' and 'Muslims' may not exactly be the distinct monolithic identities, as is made out in political rhetoric. The Hindus and Muslims of South India are a case in point.
Yoginder Sikand | May 06, 2004
Kashmiriyat and Islam
The conflict in Kashmir may be projected as the 'militant Islamic' assault on the state. But the origins of Kashmiriyat were never built on inter-religious antagonism.
Yoginder Sikand | May 05, 2004
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