2014年8月17日 星期日

2014-08-18 India Spotlight

  The Hindu   
The backdoor engagement  The Hindu
I am currently reading a manuscript by an Indian academic which reads like a fairy tale of Hindu-Muslim relations, except that it is not a fairy tale but an important — albeit forgotten — slice of Indian history. It is the story of how Hindu and Muslim nationalists ...


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Why some states fare better  Deccan Chronicle
Exactly 30 years ago, soon after I returned from Harvard, I undertook a long journey through Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh to understand what the situation there was and why? This was “The Children of the Ganga: An Enquiry into the Poverty of the ...


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Dear Mr Modi: Doing good doesn't always require doing  IBNLive (blog)
Those carefully chosen words yesterday, repetitive at times but emotional and patriotic to a fault, did not come from a faker. Narendra Modi really wants to do good to India. If there's one Prime Minister who takes his job seriously and has the ability to convince ...


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NJAC Bill  The Hindu
We are the largest democracy in the world and it is essential that the judiciary remains a watchdog and a whistle-blower too, protecting the interests of the people (“For a judicial search committee,” Aug.15). As has been said, “judges deal with questions of life ...


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Collegium R.I.P.  Deccan Chronicle
The “collegium”, born in the Supreme Court of India on October 6, 1993, after suffering barrage of brickbats from MPs is on life support; the assent of the President to the Constitution (121st Amendment) Bill, would signal the pulling of the plug from the ...


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Be a Hero  IBNLive (blog)
So much is always written about women and for women. Comments, advices, reactions, solutions. Today, I feel like addressing all the men I know, I've met or may meet... I wish to share with you a list of do's and don'ts. It's my personal universal list.

   


Ushering in a new era  The Hindu
Sometimes a nation creates the new by restating the old. It is an act of symbolic gardening, where dead clichés once again become live values, where unity is no longer equated with unanimity but with inclusiveness. A new frame recreates a new nation.

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Why maths matters  Business Standard
Artur Avila, a Brazilian based in France; Martin Hairer, an Austrian based in Great Britain; Manjul Bhargava, a Canadian and Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian, both based in the US. The four mathematicians awarded the Fields Medal last week could be cited by ...


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Don't suppress Antony report  Deccan Chronicle
The Congress party will be indifferent to history if it doesn't put on its website the report of the A.K. Antony Committee that was tasked to go into the causes of the party's debacle in the recent Lok Sabha election. The report has just been submitted to party chief ...


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  Know Your Mobile   
Android Device Manager: What It Is And How To Use It  Know Your Mobile
Apple has changed the way we deal with lost or stolen phones with the Find My iPhone feature. Google has seen how well it works and now has its own equivalent in the form of Android Device Manager. If you manage to lose your Android phone, or it's stolen ...


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