India
Exposé of Gap’s use of child labor part of a broader social phenomenon
By Naomi Spencer, November 10, 2007
On October 28, the British newspaper, the Observer, published an exposure of multibillion-dollar global clothing company Gap’s use of child labor in India to produce children’s clothing bo...
India’s Congress Party buckles to Hindu Supremacists’ communal campaign over Ram Sethu
By Arun Kumar and Kranti Kumara, October 17, 2007
The recent furor over the project to dig a shipping-canal in the narrow straits that separate India from Sri Lanka sheds much light on why and how the crisis-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is abl...
Indian Supreme Court outlaws Tamil Nadu political protest
By Kranti Kumara, October 4, 2007
Displaying scornful contempt for the democratic right to protest, the Indian Supreme Court ruled last Sunday that a bandh (general strike) called by the ruling coalition in the south Indian state of T...
A blatant attack on artistic freedom:
Bengali writer, Taslima Nasreen assaulted by mob led by Indian legislators
By Ganesh Dev and Parwini Zora, September 25, 2007
The renowned Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen was physically assaulted August 9 by a group of Islamic fundamentalists led by three members of the Andhra Pradesh state assembly, Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri, ...
Mounting press speculation India will face early elections
By Keith Jones, September 22, 2007
Recent weeks have seen mounting speculation in the Indian press that the rift between the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the Left Front over the proposed Indo-US nuclear trade treaty...
Strike by India’s unorganised sector workers
By our correspondent, September 15, 2007
A one-day strike by tens of millions of workers in India’s so-called unorganised sector last month gave vent to their anger and frustration over low pay and appalling conditions. At the same tim...
Differing motives propel India and US to finalize nuclear agreement
By Deepal Jayasekera and Kranti Kumara, September 11, 2007
On August 3, India and the United States simultaneously released the text of a 22-page treaty that stipulates the terms under which the two countries will trade civilian nuclear fuel and technology.
Indian prime minister calls Left Front’s bluff over Indo-US nuclear accord
By Kranti Kamara and Keith Jones, August 16, 2007
In a rare public outburst, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has dared the Stalinist-led Left Front to substantiate its publicly announced opposition to the recently concluded “123” Nuc...
India: Congress uses lethal violence against Andhra Pradesh land agitation
By Arun Kumar, August 11, 2007
The Congress Party-governed south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has been in political turmoil since the July 28 police attack on demonstrators in Mudigonda, which is located in the district of Khamma...
After an election marred by bitter conflict
Pratibha Patil becomes India’s 13th president
By Arun Kumar and Kranti Kumara, August 2, 2007
India’s recently concluded and bitterly contested presidential election served to highlight several salient features of contemporary Indian politics. Most important of these are the crisis wrack...
Sri Lankan war provokes deep unease in Indian political establishment
By Deepal Jayasekera, July 7, 2007
The intensification of the Sri Lankan government’s war against the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is provoking growing concerns in New Delhi over the impact on India’s ...
India-US nuclear agreement at an impasse
By Daniel Woreck and Kranti Kumara, June 9, 2007
The much-heralded nuclear deal between India and the United States that was announced by US President George Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on March 2, 2006, has now reached an impasse ...
