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North Korea’s ‘Great’ Dynasty
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India shares many of the
misgivings about North
Korea. Pyongyang and
Islamabad had clandestinely
worked on a
nuclear programme that
helped North Korea build
its atom bomb and saw
Pakistan acqu
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Atul Cowshish
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The sunset of North Korea’s ‘risen son’
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North Korea is often referred to as a socialist
state. It more closely resembled a messianic
religious cult; perhaps drawn from the
family’s pre-revolutionary roots in the Presbyterian
Church. In
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Praveen Swami
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The Migration of Myths
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There has been persistent anguish and
handwringing—and justifi ably so—
about the continuing brain drain from
the East to the West, but precious few tears
have been shed for the wondrous creatures
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Raihana A Hasan
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A government in paralysis
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi has defi -
nitely lost steam. Rumours about her health
remain unconfi rmed and no one knows for
certain whether she will be able to steer the
ship for long.
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Seema Mustafa
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Sufi Islam versus Wahhabi Islam
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Recently a huge congregation of
Sunni (Sufi ) Muslims in Moradabad
denounced Wahhabi Islam.
The spokesperson of the All India Ulema
Mashaikh Board and leader of the Sufi Islam,
Syed Mohammad Ashr
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Asghar Ali Engineer
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A New Way of fighting Corruption: Venomous Snakes and Scorpions
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My neighbour Reeta Devi Varma
has given me a one-foot high lamp
with glass on all four sides. Inside
is a wax-lit diya. Since it is enclosed on all
sides, its fl ame rarely fl ickers. At times it
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Khushwant Singh
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Need for fresh polls
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There is not a shred of doubt that the
Manmohan Singh government would
have fallen if it had persisted in going
ahead with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
in retail. The Opposition came together a
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Kuldip Nayar
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You can create a Lokpal, but how do you change India?
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Anna Hazare’s movement has been among
the most important developments since Jayaprakash
Narayan’s stirring leadership in the
nineteen-seventies marked the second phase
of that long historic proces
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M J Akbar
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India’s Muslim dilemma
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It’s one of those seasons again when India’s
politicians rediscover the existence
of Muslims. With elections in fi ve states,
including Uttar Pradesh, and possibly early
general elections looming
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Aijaz Zaka Syed
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The Colour of the Arab Spring is Pink
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For almost half a century, Arab pride
was in deep slumber. A woman’s slap
awakened it in the small Tunisian town
of Sidi Buziz. A woman’s slap in fact ignited
a revolution, which today we call the
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Kausar Fatima
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“With Friends Like These…”
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My God, what a bizarre lot these Republican
aspirants for the US presidency
are! What a sorry bunch
of ignoramuses and downright crazies. Or,
at best, what a bunch of cheats and cynics!
(With the
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Uri Avnery
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The Longest Inch
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Talk of counting chickens before they
are hatched! “India is an inch away
from victory,” screamed the `expert’
sent out by Times Now to Melbourne to cover
the India-Australia test series. The Aust
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Neelkant Patri
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