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| Kerala Development Model - A new perspective |
| Sherin Chacko |
| Is there really something as the Kerala Development Model? Now this is a topic that has been much debated upon and till date there has been no unanimous conclusion to it. It has been agreed far and wide that Kerala's .... |
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| Think before you click |
| Archana Sudheer-Gayen |
| The past few weeks have been crazy, with regard to the news. From the ongoing Lok Sabha elections to the ravaging war in neighbouring Sri Lanka. Not to forget the swine flu, of course, a term most of us talk |
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| Towards Climate Justice |
| Manu Sankar |
| Global Climate change and its potentially disastrous consequences pose an unprecedented challenge for humanity today. It is intricately linked to the socio-economic issues faced in the world, with poverty being the major one. |
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| Case as Text in Class: Business School pedagogy |
| Dr. Radhakrishnan Nair |
| Case is, now, the subject and predicate of a class module in a business school class room.It is predicate also as whatever that happens in a class is about the subject and about nothing else. |
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| On The Road to Confusion |
| Archana Sudheer-Gayen |
| Driving around any city in India is a pain, especially small ones where population explosion rules the roost. Once known as a quiet city and loved for its weather, Pune is one such city that has fallen prey to overcrowding |
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| Transcending Identities and Its Tacit effects: Part I |
| Abin Thomas |
| On 10th July, The Economic Times wrote about Nandan Nilekani's parting from Infosys. It was as follows: At 4 pm on Thursday, computers fell silent at the steel & glass Electronic City campus of Infosys Technologies |
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| Women Empowerment: A Myth? |
| Archana Sudheer-Gayen |
| The headline 'Sudanese reporter to get 40 lashes for wearing jeans' caught my attention as I scanned the newspaper during morning tea. This cannot be true, my initial reaction was. Sadly, it is. |
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| Transcending Identities and Its Tacit effects: Part II |
| Abin Thomas |
| To delve deeply on the issue of identity in modern times, some examples from recent and contemporary times are used like: |
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| Where Have All the Children Gone? |
| Archana Sudheer-Gayen |
| The shocking saga of Jaycee Lee Dugard, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl, who was abducted in broad daylight |
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| Transcending Identities and Its Tacit effects: Part III |
| Abin Thomas |
| Australia and India faced some tough times in their diplomatic and bilateral relations when both countries suffered hugely from the racial attacks on Indian students. |
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| Developing "New Generation" Teachers |
| Shahnaz Iqbal |
| Teaching is an art and is considered as an important virtue according to traditional Indian culture. Socrates gives us a basic insight into the nature of teaching |
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| Agricultural Land Conversions: Issues of Justice and Economics - Part I |
| Sreeja Chandran |
| Land is an important productive asset subject to various uses. Among the different uses of land agriculture is the most important one. |
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| Developing "New Generation" Teachers |
| Shahnaz Iqbal |
| The issues faced by the academic technologists are the complex interdependencies between teachers and the academic institutions |
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| Agricultural Land Conversions: Issues of Justice and Economics: Part II |
| Sreeja Chandran |
| All these seek government intervention either in terms of legislation, subsidy or other assistance which would be mainly financial in nature and it is naturally expected |
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| Judicial Legislation: Will The Confusion End? |
| Parijata Bharadwaj |
| Under the Indian Constitution the doctrine of separation of powers has not been rigidly stated as in the constitution of the United States or Australia. |
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| India's Constraints |
| Gordon Feller |
| India's constraints in infrastructure are obvious to first-time visitors or long-term residents. The problems of clogged airports, poor roads, inadequate power, delays in ports have been well-recognised |
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| Climate Change - What are you going to do about it? |
| Archana Sudheer-Gayen |
| Pune's climate has become real unstable. In lay terms, it simply means that you never know when it's going to be hot and when you might freeze. You venture out on a blistering day and soon |
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| Hellenes Should Rule Over Barbarians |
| Sumy P Baby |
| The billions living in India are governed by 544 representatives in the Lok Sabha, 250 in the Rajya Sabha and around 3,000 state legislative assembly members. Is this fact irking? |
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| Bhopal Verdict: A Case of Judicial Overreach |
| Jithin Paul Varghese |
| The Bhopal Gas Tragedy or 'Bhoposhima' as Justice Krishna Iyer named it is the worst industrial disaster our planet has ever witnessed. |
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| In Aurangzeb's Steps |
| Madhu S |
| Aurangabad has an aura of its own. Travelling thought the city you can feel the cultural impulse reminiscent of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. In spite of all he did wrong, he made the city into a flourishing one. |
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| Let's Share an Auto |
| Shahnaz Iqbal |
| I once had to wait in the rain for a long time to catch an autorickshaw to reach home. There were a just a few autos at the stand, hounded by a mob of people. |
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| Playing Gender Politics |
| Madhu S |
| Is politics a 'game men play'? A big NO, especially when it pertains to Delhi University elections, which has fielded colour-clad girls. |
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| The Whistleblowers' Bill: A Disappointment |
| Jithin Paul Varghese |
| The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has finally brought to the public domain the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosures Bill, 2010. |
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| Democratizing Campuses in India |
| Madhu S |
| Democracy is the cornerstone of a developed country. In a world where one in every four persons is a youth, every democratic system needs to absorb the aspirations of this vibrant group. |
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| 1, 2, 3...School |
| Shahnaz Iqbal |
| We live in an age when everything is ranked on the basis of quality. However, there is one vital institution in India that has not been graded so far -- schools. |
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| Codifying Maritime Laws in India |
| Jithin Paul Varghese |
| The growth of the maritime sector in India over the past decade has been phenomenal, and as per industry sources, the trend will continue in the coming years as well. |
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| Commercial Divisions in High Courts: An Analysis |
| Jithin Paul Varghese |
| The Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009, which seeks to introduce specialised divisions in High Courts to deal with disputes in a speedy manner, has initiated a new debate. |
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| The China Story |
| Mukund P Unny |
| China, an economy which till a couple of decades ago was nowhere in the world economic arena, has now emerged as a global leader. The growth of China has been nothing less than spectacular. |
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| Slum Tourism |
| Gincy Susan Jose |
| Slum tourism is an emerging industry in India. Most of are familiar with the word 'tourism', but 'slum tourism' or 'poorism' is a new subject. |
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| Full Stop to the Past |
| Renjini Rajagopalan |
| When you do a course on human rights, you reconcile yourself to eventually coming across a lot of disturbing material - genocide and war crimes, torture, rape and other forms of sexual exploitation, FGM. |
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| Learning Like Bruce |
| Shraddha Vinod |
| Moulding the learner to find a lesson in everything he/she does and applying that lesson to earn more opportunities - that's education. But in India, we are still shackled to several archaic 'lessons'. |
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| A Countrywide Odyssey |
| Jithin Paul Varghese |
| Tata Jagrithi Yatra 2010 was a one-of-its-kind train journey, wherein 400 yatris, selected from among 20,000 applicants across India, were taken on an 18-day journey across 9,000 kilometres and 12 destinations. |
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| A Critical Take on the Binayak Sen Judgement |
| Mukund P Unny |
| The recent conviction of Binayak Sen on grounds of conspiracy to commit sedition and subsequent award of life sentence by a Raipur Sessions Court has raised many eyebrows, mainly due to the fact that it was flawed. |
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| Riots in Egypt about Food and Jobs, not about 'Freedom' and 'Democracy' |
| Sam Vaknin |
| In the wake of the Great Recession of 2008-9, riots erupted all over the world, from Thailand to the Ivory Coast and from Yemen to Albania. |
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| Art in Times of Violence |
| Raja Jaikrishan |
| To make an artistic intervention in a situation made critical by politicians is hard. It is more so in the Kashmir Valley where performers have gone into hiding and painters are scared to dip their brushes in paint. |
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| A Message from the Tsunami |
| Tanveer Jafri |
| Nature's fury was at work once again on March 11, when a powerful earthquake of 9 magnitude hit North-eastern Japan, triggering gigantic tsunami waves. |
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| Why Hazare is Not the Best Thing to Happen to the Anti-Corruption Bill |
| Shashank Shekhar Rai |
| Although the pandemonium surrounding the Jan Lokpal Bill has settled, the talks have moved indoors and some form of normalcy has returned to the state of play, a lot of questions have been left unanswered. |
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| Food Security in India |
| Sampath Simon |
| Food security is one question that has been looming large over and above our heads for a long time now, and it gains more momentum and significance as time passes by. |
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| Time to stop ridicule of the public transport system |
| D Dhanuraj |
| The public transport system in Indian cities has been a bone of contention for sometime now. With the introduction of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, urban mobility has made vigorous headlines. |
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| Innovation - a new paradigm in growth for India |
| Sampath Simon |
| Economic growth is a concept that is dealt with in detail in economic theory. Numerous theories have been put forward by many eminent economists for different types of economies. |
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| Time to redefine MNREGA |
| Ambili Thomas |
| The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is the UPA government's flagship programme, which is believed to have taken the government to its second term. |
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| Cashing in on Sins |
| Marita Abraham |
| It seems alcoholism is inherent in us Malayalis, for no matter how much it costs, we are still India's biggest consumers of alcohol. The sales tax alone on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) is 100 per cent. |
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| Critique on Food Security Bill |
| D Dhanuraj |
| India does possess a decent production of food grains to serve her population. But the leakage, corruption and lack of infrastructure have resulted in wastage of food grains while poor starves. |
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| The 'Alcohol' Debate Continues... |
| Neha Kurian |
| Alcohol abuse, consumption, ban… amusing that this has become one of the most talked about topics in our state today whether to condemn or to glorify! |
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| HOMOSEXUALITY: CHANGING TRENDS |
| Bhumika Sharma |
| Prior to World War II, there was a near consensus among mental health professionals, human sexuality researchers, theologians and others that homosexuality was a mental disorder |
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