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Congress will profit from DMK's sibling rivalry
( Mar 27 2010 )

Just as sibling rivalry can cause fissures in a corporate empire, political parties too can break up for similar reasons. One recent example was the disintegration of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra because the two cousins, Raj and Uddhav Thackeray, could not get along with each other. Now, another st...
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More women in parliament will change face of Indian politics
( Mar 26 2010 )

In an inclusive democracy, political power is perhaps the strongest tool to eradicate all forms of inequality. The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha has brought forward some interesting scenarios for the Indian polity. This struggle for political rights by women's gr...
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Mayawati: Will her garland turn into noose?
( Mar 26 2010 )

The apparently bizarre nature of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's politics can be understood by remembering that she is driven by an intense desire to make a mark in politics and, moreover, to do so in a manner which she believes will impress the core group of her supporters, the Dalits. ...
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Women's bill elevates Sonia Gandhi to league of her own
( Mar 26 2010 )

The passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, elevates Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi to a league of her own and guarantees her a defining place for posterity. There is perhaps no parallel in modern political history anywhere in...
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Can We Be Ethical Without Being Religious?
( Mar 25 2010 )

Man’s cruelty, exploitation and oppression of other men have been so rampant through our long and tortuous history that to talk of ethics as possibly being part of our nature seems ironic. Good men and women, throughout the ages, have goaded us to be moral and ethical – to live lives of ...
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