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Don’t close off the doors to knowledge

31 July 2014 3:29 AM IST
TRIPS is the acronym for the agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (IPRs) that was bulldozed through by rich nations in...

Past continuous for dream future

31 July 2014 3:27 AM IST
Its concave glass facade sits somewhat oddly in its steel and terra cotta-girded frame that its Chinese architects proudly proclaim will give the...

Towards greater politics of solidarity

29 July 2014 5:30 AM IST
Our family seat is in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. My family is Bengali Shakto (worshippers of Mother Kali and Goddess Durga). My clan’s faith...

Modi, Deng: Two of a kind

30 July 2014 5:24 AM IST
He portrayed himself as Marxist-Leninist as a man of revolution. But, as a reformer, he opposed Mao’s egalitarianism and upstaged economic reforms...

Commonwealth is still beyond limits for some

30 July 2014 3:33 AM IST
The Games are invariably held in British Isles, Australia, Canada or New Zealand. The only exceptions were Kingston, Jamaica, in 1966, Kuala Lumpur in...

Have a heart to cure ailing livers

30 July 2014 3:27 AM IST
On occasion of World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its alliance partners have called on governments, civil society...

Economics in black and white

30 July 2014 3:23 AM IST
It has also brought public attention back on the discourse on corruption and black money. But, in a particularly hard time for the economy, it is...

Charade to please his new masters

29 July 2014 3:05 AM IST
Justice Markandey Katju was a regular visitor of a bookshop in Connaught Place’s Janpath market. Once he bought a series of books by Winston Churchill...

Not at home in the world

29 July 2014 3:02 AM IST
O global citizens of India! I understand your plea for solidarity in support of Gaza. I also sympathise with your righteous rage that makes you...

Congress dissidents playing havoc

29 July 2014 2:53 AM IST
History bears testimony whenever the central leadership of the Congress becomes week, dissidents in the party-ruled come to the fore. After India’s...

Mamata turns a new page

29 July 2014 2:50 AM IST
The Trinamool Congress observes 21 July every year as Martyrs’ Day. It was on this day in 1993 that thirteen youths were shot dead by the Left Front...

Denuding universities of autonomy

27 July 2014 5:01 AM IST
The Madhya Pradesh government has introduced a bill in the ongoing budget session of the Assembly, which, if passed, will result in complete erosion...
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