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Share By Abhirup Bhunia: Patriotism and national-pride are terms, often grandiose but hollow. Nonetheless, these are expressions that can be misrepresented, misconstrued. When it is inadvertent, it’s called ignorance; when it is deliberate, it’s called subterfuge. These are remarks applicable to two third world nations, – or emerging economies, as they are dubbed to avoid [...]
Share By Abhirup Bhunia: Is the demise of sovereignty at the heart of globalization? It is an old question-mark newly positioned. Political scientists have run over the argument time and again but like all other debates which are characteristically long-drawn-out, this one hasn’t died out either – indeed in light of the recent global confabs, [...]
Share By Abhirup Bhunia: In a developing nation like India where the ever-growing population is the biggest problem blatantly staring at us, the only discrimination that continues to exist from the times gone by, is perhaps the one between the poor and the rich. The disparity based on caste, sex, creed or religion is fast [...]
Share Abhirup Bhunia: The powers in India have a propensity for making decisions under politically guided thoughts and thus, often, turn out to be a government highly insensitive to public sentiments. By giving precedence to political and fiscal corollaries over its citizens’ grievances, the authorities have garnered an anti-people image. Bhopal exemplifies that. When the [...]
Share Abhirup Bhunia: Empowerment is the act of bestowing power and authority on someone. Women empowerment thus refers to the conferring of leverage to women who are otherwise deprived. This includes granting to women effectual decision-making power, the power to influence others decisions along with economic, social and civil freedom. Women in India have been [...]
Share Abhirup Bhunia: An overwhelming percentage of children, even today, are asked to, and happily agree to, make life out of something which their parents deem fit. The father pulls the string and the child jazzes, often out of compulsion. Few decisive factors come into play: what profession the father is in, what the family [...]
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Share Abhirup Bhunia: (in the final part of the 5 part series on Naxalism. Read the complete series here). Unproductive, cacophonous and conflicting debates have raged through for the past one year or so apropos the unending violence unleashed by the Naxals. The critiques have encompassed causes and what went horribly wrong in resolving the [...]
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Share Abhirup Bhunia: The levelheadedness of suggesting deployment of air power in the battle against Naxals was never beyond nix and hence was met with disapproval, if not more, from all quarters. At the outset the mind would reallocate to Iraq, Afghanistan or other such classical war-torn nations, when Home Minster, P. Chidambaram’s suggestion of [...]
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Share Abhirup Bhunia: (reports from West Bengal) There is no indecisiveness regarding prevention of violence brought about by Maoists. But the manner in which the purpose will be accomplished is indubitably a sticking point. The entire Naxal movement and the series of blasts, firing and violence unleashed by them have accounted for tens and thousands [...]
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Share Abhirup Bhunia: Naxals have been accused of waging war against the nation. They do not accept the Indian constitution. They promulgate anti-India, anti-government sentiments. India finds itself in a very complex situation, thus. The Naxals have gone on to ambush those whom they claim to be working for – the poor civilians confusing things [...]
