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30 Oct 2011
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| South China Sea Dispute and India |
South China Sea Dispute and India
Dr. Amit Singh
Conflicting claims over islands and maritime zones in the South China Sea (SCS) has been a longstanding security issue between China, Taiwan and five Southeast Asian countries. The recent uptick in tensions in the SCS underscores the volatile nature of the problem, only conforming fears that it is a major "regional security flashpoint" with global consequences. In a submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) in May 2009, Beijing c...
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| Terror’s New Impulse |
Terror’s New Impulse
KPS Gill
The transformation of the world in the face of terror attacks, especially after 9/11, has been total and complete. After 9/11 there has been a change in the global perception and the world has realised that terrorism is an activity which is not permissible today - it impinges on civilisation and activities which are very vital to the progress of humankind, especially economic activities. But if someone were to ask whether the world understands terrorism better today than it did a dec...
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| Editorial: An Unnecessary Controversy |
Editorial: An Unnecessary Controversy
The Editorial Team
An unnecessary controversy has been sought to be created over removal of a text book ‘Many Ramayanas' by the Delhi University from its syllabus. The Academic Council of the university on October 9 decided to do away with the essay from the concurrent history course syllabus by overwhelmingly voting 90:10 in favour of its removal. This stirred some opposition by history teachers, mostly of left orientation. A section of these Marxist history teachers pleaded for restorat...
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| Misusing Academic Freedom | Misusing Academic Freedom
 Dr. Shiv Shakti Bakshi
A section of historians are crying hoarse over scrapping of a controversial essay from Delhi University syllabus. Left to contend with their ruffled feathers these historians mostly known Marxists are finding it difficult to reconcile themselves with the decision of the university's Academic Council which went overwhelmingly against them. While 90 votes supported the scrapping of the controversial essay, only 10 could be counted in support of its continuation. Even on bei...
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| Arab Spring, Arab Barbarism and The Victor's Justice | Arab Spring, Arab Barbarism and The Victor's Justice
Dr. A Adityanjee
Once upon a time, a great King-Emperor with global imperial ambitions invaded India, the land of riches. He met with stiff resistance by a brave Hindu king who fought valiantly but was captured. When the victor faced the vanquished, he asked a very pointed question, "how should I treat you". The vanquished Hindu king replied without batting en eye-lid, "Treat me as one king treats another king". That was the encounter between Alexander, the great and King Pu...
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