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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Meet the Captain
Today’s Hindu carries an interview with Mohammed Nasheed, president of the Maldives. I like the man; he has several innovative international law ideas: There is a logjam mainly because the Kyoto Protocol is a list of things we shouldn’t do. It is asking India not to consume energy or not to produce energy. That is [...]
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Did you know about Odisha?
In Manufacturing Consent, Naom Chomsky writes of the link between power and information: the closer you are to the Bosses, basically, the more you talk about them. If you’re not up there you aren’t in the news. Reality continuously drives home to us the truth of Chomsky’s assertion. It is ironic, it is sad, it [...]
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Breaking myths in the Indo-China relationship.
Of late, several articles have appeared (and continue to) in various segments of the Indian and Chinese media, creating much hype and hoopla about an impending war between both nations. Rising tension have forced both Governments to make public declarations in an attempt to dispel such fear-mongering. While the border dispute and the Dalai Lama [...]
Putting the recent Russia-China deals in perspective.
The series of energy and trade deals inked between China and Russia during PM Putin’s visit to Beijing is of special significance for a number of reasons. Trade spats between China and the industrialized nations is not uncommon; indeed, Russia and China needed an almighty oil deal of $25bn and trade contracts worth $3.5bn to [...]
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Obituary: C.B. Muthamma
Chonira Belliappa Muthamma, the first woman to appear for the Indian Civil Service Examinations (1948) and join the IFS (1949), passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2009 at 85. Muthamma was the first woman career diplomat, and the first woman Ambassador from India. From The Hindu : - C.B. Muthamma, India’s first woman career diplomat [...]
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K.G.Balakrishan on Judicial Reforms