FIRING IN FORBESGANJ Modi of Bihar replicates Modi of Gujarat

“When we have our own Modi, why should we import one,” Nitish had said during last assembly elections in Bihar. He did not budge to the BJP demand to let Narendra Modi campaign in the State. He strongly objected to a poster with a picture...

Check Price Rise and Inflation: Welfare Party Asks Govt.

The Welfare Party of India asked the Government to take effective steps to control inflation and price rise that adversely affect the common men. The intermittent increase in prices of petroleum products due to the de-regulation policy that has given...

Reading of Democracy in Islamic Perspective

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Anugraha Women’s PU College opened at Kalladka

The opening ceremony of Anugraha Women’s PU College at Kalladka held on June 5, was well-attended by Ramanath Rai, MLA Bantwal; U.T. Khader, MLA Mangalore South; Padmanabha Kottari, President BJP Dakshina Kannada; Prakash Shetty, Member Zilla P...

Listen to the 5th Estate, Listen!

As we rush to the Press, some key questions especially the one on the Lokpal Bill, also described as the “Jokepal Bill” by “My Lords and Ladies Gay”, remain unanswered. In the meantime, the well-oiled mutual-allegations indust...

‘PERMANENT’ DESPAIR Did Egypt Really Open Rafah Crossing?

For most Palestinians, leaving Gaza through Egypt is as exasperating a process as entering it. Governed by political and cultural sensitivities, most Palestinian officials and public figures refrain from criticising the way Palestinians are treated a...

‘Rot the Grain than Let the Hungry Eat It’ The Neoliberal Mindset

India at present finds itself at the centre of a paradoxical situation: mounting foodgrains coexisting with a massive hunger. The year 2011 is all set to witness a bumper harvest of foodgrains. The Union Ministry of Agriculture has estimated the coun...

Mahatma on the Mars

Winston Churchill, who had extraordinary command over the English language, was usually unkind to Mahatma Gandhi. He would call him “a naked fakir” or a “mendicant”. Now this mendicant has been spotted on Mars by an Italian, M...

A SPEECH OF SORTS Netanyahu’s Coup

So, the politicians have had their say. After a bellyful of speeches by Obama that seemed to have convinced no one but himself (which is only what he is good at) and an incredible frog leap from pro-Palestinian back to the puppet, dancing to the Isra...