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Monday, April 21, 2008
Shillong, Meghalaya — A burst of a deadly strain of meningitis has swept the hills of Meghalaya, infecting hundreds, and officials say they are ‘keeping their fingers crossed’ because the situation has reached a critical point with efforts on to check its advance.
Twenty-nine deaths, either of confirmed or suspected cases of …
• Date: April 1, 2008; Tuesday
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• Categories: Tibet
• Categories: Tibet
Politicians have such convenient memories. The other day, on a major news channel, a spokesman of the Congress declared that India had no business to interfere in the internal affairs of another country by taking a position on human rights abuse and the brutal crackdown in Tibet.
He forgot, very conveniently, that between 1966-1976, the …
• Date: March 30, 2008; Sunday
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• Categories: Manipur
• Categories: Manipur
THE murder of over 14 poor people in Manipur by armed thugs has triggered not just outrage but also bitter soul-searching among many Manipuris. In addition, it has emptied the state of its migrant labour, largely from Bihar and other Hindi-speaking areas, with thousands fearfully leaving for the safety of their homes.
The …
• Date: November 30, 2007; Friday
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• Categories: Assam
• Categories: Assam
As Assam lurches through a cycle of hatred, violence, suspicion and ethnic division, with the state government an impotent observer despite its talk of action and ministers scurrying from one press conference to another, the question that needs to be asked is not just how did this happen or what can be done, but also …
• Date: November 18, 2007; Sunday
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• Categories: Mizoram and Myanmar
• Categories: Mizoram and Myanmar
India’s evolving political approach to events in Myanmar (Burma) is moving fairly rapidly: it now appears in conformity with a large section of international opinion, advocating internal dialogue, national reconciliation and accommodation as led by the United Nations in its effort through Ibrahim Gambari, the special envoy of the UN secretary general.
Of course, New …
• Date: October 26, 2007; Friday
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• Categories: Myanmar
• Categories: Myanmar
Indo Asian News Service
Last Updated: October 26, 2007 00:42:04
The news item was buried deep in the inside pages of a Delhi newspaper. It said that security forces on India’s side of the border had been instructed to stop any inflow of refugees or people fleeing the military junta’s crackdown in Burma (also known as Myanmar). …
• Date: October 16, 2007; Tuesday
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• Categories: Myanmar
• Categories: Myanmar
For the past weeks, many of us who have travelled to Burma and respect the history and culture of that country and its wonderfully sensitive people, have been deeply concerned by the rush of tragic news of shootings and indiscriminate beatings of the public, including monks and students, the worst since the 1988 crackdown.
The flow …
• Date: May 7, 2007; Monday
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• Categories: Gender
• Categories: Gender
Many readers of this newspaper live in the capital of New Delhi and its neighboring satellite towns and cities, one of the fastest growing urban economies of Asia with glittering malls, the wealthy and powerful with their large cars and imposing houses contrasting with water and power shortages for a majority as well as the …
It’s been a rich experience for me, both personally and professionally, to write a regular column for this page. I am grateful to the Editor of The Statesman and the news desk. At a time when the concept of a “national” newspaper covering events in the length and breadth of the country ~ in including …
There is the wonderful story of Krishna Kumar, owner of the only mobile phone and STD booth in Bangree village, Vaishali district, Bihar, which has been in the media last week. Wonderful because it shows the power of connectivity and the indivisible link between connectivity and security ~ human security in terms of physical safety …
• A phone call can save lives: There is the wonderful story of Krishna Kumar, owner of the only mobile phone and STD booth in Bangree village, Vaishali district, Bihar, which has been in the media last week. Wonderful because it shows the power of connectivity and the indivisible link between connectivity and security ~ human security in terms of physical safety … » MORE
• New Left hoopla: ADB zindabad!: A major contribution by the Left in this country to the future of multinationals, donor agencies as well as international financial institutions has come from none other than Asim Dasgupta, the finance minister of West Bengal. If it puzzles many of their supporters, don?t blame them. And, of course, one wonders where it places the … » MORE
• Assam, an Indian tragedy: As Assam lurches through a cycle of hatred, violence, suspicion and ethnic division, with the state government an impotent observer despite its talk of action and ministers scurrying from one press conference to another, the question that needs to be asked is not just how did this happen or what can be done, but also … » MORE
• New Left hoopla: ADB zindabad!: A major contribution by the Left in this country to the future of multinationals, donor agencies as well as international financial institutions has come from none other than Asim Dasgupta, the finance minister of West Bengal. If it puzzles many of their supporters, don?t blame them. And, of course, one wonders where it places the … » MORE
• Assam, an Indian tragedy: As Assam lurches through a cycle of hatred, violence, suspicion and ethnic division, with the state government an impotent observer despite its talk of action and ministers scurrying from one press conference to another, the question that needs to be asked is not just how did this happen or what can be done, but also … » MORE
• A rich experience: It’s been a rich experience for me, both personally and professionally, to write a regular column for this page. I am grateful to the Editor of The Statesman and the news desk. At a time when the concept of a “national” newspaper covering events in the length and breadth of the country ~ in including … » MORE
