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by Badri Raina
first published May 22, 2007
India’s ruling think gurus are forever on the lookout for a smart panacea for what they perceive the country’s ills. In arguing for a two-party political system, the idea seems to be to subdue the proliferation of organic discontent among the lower orders of the polity by imposing a mechanical structural arrangement from the top.
by Badri Raina
first published in Mainstream Weekly, November 22, 2005
I t is now obvious that the neo-imperialists in America—and their apologists at home here—wish to hard sell the thesis that the Westphalian bedrock (sovereign nation-states, and the principle of non-interference), upon which international relations have been based for over two centuries, must be deemed to have slipped with finality from under the countries of the world.
First Published in “People’s Democracy”, the weekly organ of the CPI(M) August 29, 2004, vol. XXVIII, no. 35.
by Badri Raina
first published in the Hindu, August 1, 2003
by Badri Raina
first published in The Hindu June 22, 2005
War Against the Planet: The Fifth Afghan War, Imperialism, and other Assorted Fundamentalisms by Vijay Prashad; Delhi: LeftWord, 2002; pages 118, Rs.75.
by Badri Raina
First published in the Hindu June 2, 2001
by Badri Raina
First Published in The Hindu
August 24, 2000
by Badri Raina
First published in The Hindu
July 7, 2000