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For instilling nationalism/ fighting terrorism/ stemming infiltration/ preventing misuse of "freedom of religion", of "minority institutions"/ enacting a comon civil code/ abolishing Article 370/ improving Hindu-Muslim relations/ restoring truth, fairness to public discourse/ a specific, closely reasoned agenda/ based on secret documents, long buried fiels, meticulous analysis of constitutional and legal provisions, of debates, court verdicts. Specifications of A SECULAR...

Methodical research rarely lends itself to passionate writing. But inFalling Over Backwards, Arun Shourie seeks to combine facts, figures, statements and judgements with the argumentative rhetoric of a propagandist. The result is an eminently readable book. Reservations in jobs and education have always been a contentious issue. Ever since Prime Minister V.P. Singh unleashed the Mandal Commission report in 1989, the issue of reservations has been hotly debated across India's social and...

The articles that comprise this volume have emerged largely from a multi-religious pilgrimage of compassion they, along with seventy other religious leaders, undertook to Gujarat in the wake of the communal carnage that erupted in the state. The book also contains contributions by Arundhati Roy and Harsh Mandar. Specifications of HARVEST OF HATE:GUJARAT UNDER SIEGE BOOK DETAILS Publisher RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD. Publication Year 2002 ISBN-13 9780971716759 ISBN-10 0971716757 Binding...

India, with a population of 1.1 billion, would seem an ideal environment for air travel. However, in reality, the air travel market of India is much smaller than believed and just about 2.5 percent of the population flies at least once a year. By misjudging the size of the market, India's airlines have created gross excess capacity which continues to plague them. Specifications of CIVIL AVIATION IN INDIA:Challenges and Prospects (Hardcover) BOOK DETAILS Publisher RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT...

One of the most arduous tasks before strategic decision makers in the field of security deals with the twin problems of military production and procurement. Fast-paced technology environment and changing security dynamics at the national and international levels are other consequential factors. India has been struggling with these problems for a long time. To look into both the generics and specifics, many reform initiatives have been undertaken in India's national security management...

Administration degenerates into notings on files/regulations, entangle regulations/ institutions, set up to solve problems, become problems/ even matters that endanger national security lose their way in courts, get buried in files/ enterprises become havens of patronage, slovenliness/ a public sector, least accountable to the public, becomes the truly private sector of ministers, officials/the contrast with China/ the way out: an enabling state/ the first requisite for that: exhume, document,...

The reader will find these articles rewarding reading, for they are written in an attractive style for the readers of journalism. As they are not written for lawyers, they give a broad view of the leading majority judgement without a detailed legal analysis appropriate to a text book. Specifications of COURTS AND THEIR JUDGMENTS (Hardcover) BOOK DETAILS Publisher RUPA PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD. Publication Year 09/01/2001 ISBN-13 9788171675579 ISBN-10 8171675573 Binding Hardcover Number of...

On what assumptions was Panditji confident that China would not invade Tibet? What happened, and what did he do when those assumptions proved disastrously wrong? On what grounds did he then convince himself that the usurpation of Tibet would not harm India's security? Why and on what reasoning did he scotch all warnings - those of Sardar Patel, Rajaji, Shyama Prasad Mookherjee, Acharya Kripalani, M.R. Masani, the young Vajpayee, and every officer who took courage to document what the...

Tarnish every person, Institution, Period, Confidence/ Ascribe tolerance Magnanimity to the intolerant / Portray the inclusive, Open tradition as the one out to sawllow others, and the exlusivist, totalitarian ideology as the ideology of broad-mindedness, of peace, tolerance/denounce as 'communal' anyone who demands proof / blame victims for the consequence of the ideology of the oppressors / suppress the role of comrades in aiding imperial rulers / tarnish leaders, reformers who led the...

On 5th June 1984, the Indian army began its attack on the complex at Amritsar which house the two most sacred shrines Generals who had pledge to minimum force, and on no account to violate the shrines,were not prepared for the fierce and adept resistance they encountered. Having suffered severe casualties, the infantry were driven back, and as a last resorts ???with approval from Delhi-tanks were ordered in. The Akal Takht was virtually reduced to rubble. Its is doubtful if Mrs Gandhi weould...