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    Returning from the Middle Ages
    October 2010
    Praful Bidwai

    Three options are available to the litigants after the Allahabad High Court judgment in the Babri mosque case. They can accept the judgment; negotiate a mutual compromise; or appeal the judgment in the Supreme Court.

    Restoring Public Faith In Rule of Law
    October 2010
    Praful Bidwai

    One of the few institutions which people respect and trust has injured the faith of large numbers of citizens. How should the Supreme Court deal with the appeals that are certain to be filed before it against the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Babri Masjid issue?

    What mosque hysteria has to do with the disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
    September 2010
    Phyllis Bennis

    The controversy surrounding the proposed Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan is not about religion. It's about war.

    Military victory, political loss
    June 2010
    Praful Bidwai

    The Flotilla Massacre is not the first such event in history - in 1947 a similar aggression by the British state spurred the creation of Israel. Despite the injustice and outrage over the attack and the continuing blockade of Gaza, the signs that the tide of public opinion is turning suggest...

    UN expert Richard Falk talks about Israel's Flotilla Massacre
    June 2010
    Richard Falk

    UN expert and TNI contributor Richard Falk talks live on GritTV about the illegal raid in which nine humanitarian aid workers were murdered by the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) in international waters after boarding their ship in the dead of night.

    Secrecy, Torture & Human Rights: US War Crimes, European Complicity, and International Law
    May 2010
    Tom Reifer

    Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's role in defending torture and rendition under the Obama administration raises serious concerns about the ongoing failure of the US government to end its own practice of extreme human rights abuses throughout the world.

    The decline of the Catholic Church?
    April 2010
    Saul Landau

    Scandals distract the public from focusing on key issues. Sometimes, however, they also provide insights into the character of leading cultural and political figures -- and their institutions.

    The great capitulation
    September 2009
    Praful Bidwai

    Indians and Pakistanis have to develop a common, rational understanding of the partition story that is free of nationalist prejudice -- although Jaswant Singh makes little contribution to this.

    The convergence of fundamentalisms and new political closures – What next in the struggle for pluralism?
    August 2009
    Praful Bidwai
    Factional War Grows As The Party Sinks
    June 2009
    Praful Bidwai

    The BJP’s multiple crises are now set to worsen—including its ideological confusion, its political mobilisation crisis, and its organisational crisis.

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