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India-US relations. What does the Indian public think?
By Devesh Kapur
11.05.2007
With the India-United States nuclear deal facing an uncertain future, there has been a spate of analysis on the domestic opposition to the deal from within India. Security hawks and sections of the Bharatiya Janata Party worry that the deal may constrain India’s strategic options in the future. And for India’s Left the most disturbing implication of the deal is that it will bind India more closely to the US.
Challenges and Opportunities Facing India's Poorest State
By Jeffrey Witsoe
08.20.2007
As India registers impressive
growth rates and is increasingly seen as an emerging
economic superpower, Bihar serves as a vivid reminder
of the parts of India that are being left behind.
Bihar, a populous state of over 90 million, is India's
poorest state with one third the per capita income
of India as a whole and one fifth that of India's
most prosperous states. Bihar also has the lowest
literacy levels and the lowest human development index
ranking among Indian states.
Coalition
Politics in India: From Uttar Pradesh Elections to
2009
By Dr. E. Sridharan
07.23.2007
On
May 22, 2007, the Congress-led United
Progressive Alliance government of Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, supported by the Left parties, completed
three years in office. The state assembly election
in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), had
just concluded, putting in power the first single-party
government in the state after the right-wing, Hindu
nationalist Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) government of 1991-92. This
is an opportune moment to review the pattern of coalition
politics in India and make some educated guesses about
what is likely to happen during the two years before
the next parliamentary elections, due to be held in
April-May 2009.
Lies, Damn
Lies, and UP Crime Statistics
By Arvind Verma
07.09.2007
In
the recent assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP),
Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood's biggest icon, proclaimed
on behalf of Chief Minister Mulayam
Singh Yadav that "UP may hey dam, jahen
jurm hey kam" (UP is strong and has less
crime). This turnaround by the angry young man of
yesteryear symbolizes the banal, corrupt, and valueless
politics prevailing in the country. For politicians,
the pursuit of power is ruthlessly followed using
every trick, falsehood, and opportunity. They are
certain that Amitabh's lies, if repeated a thousand
times, will take the mantle of truth. The lies about
crime statistics are a convenient tool for politicians
to cloud the facts and hide their poor governance.
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