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The Age of Adolescents

  3 August, 1999 - 7:20 am | 16 February, 2013 Articles
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The much-heralded Age of Adolescents has finally dawned. But it is not likely to usher in a brave new world because, notwithstanding the rhetoric, the grim reality is that though young people today constitute the largest-ever segment of the world population, they are not being truly empowered to lead their … Read More →

India in a multi-polar world

  20 July, 1999 - 10:32 am | 30 March, 2013 Articles
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We are suddenly in a new, multi-polar world. And India is one of its major pillars. Many of us may find this hard to believe. But those who are beginning to realise that it is indeed so, are also bemused at the enormity of it all. How did such an … Read More →

Illegitimacy of ‘national government’

  6 July, 1999 - 1:33 pm | 16 February, 2013 Articles
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It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that Rashtrapati Bhavan has leaked, or caused to be leaked, the information that President K.R. Narayanan sent a written communication to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee two weeks ago, asking him to convene a Rajya Sabha session to discuss the Kargil situation. Given … Read More →

Public money, private fiefdom

  22 June, 1999 - 2:36 pm | 16 February, 2013 Articles
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There is a disturbing trend in recent years for state-funded institutions to become controversial on account of being controlled by politicians or bureaucrats, often both. If there was Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal, there was the Indian Council of Cultural Relations in Delhi. And now, tenaciously hogging the limelight, is the … Read More →

Schizophrenic party at crossroads

  8 June, 1999 - 1:57 pm | 16 February, 2013 Articles
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Notwithstanding its pleasant showing in coastal Goa, Congress would do well to pay careful attention to Sharad Pawar’s forthcoming convention in Mumbai on June 10. Although he has scrupulously shunned high rhetoric, Pawar has effectively punctured the party in this critical state, taking over the bulk of the Congress Legislature … Read More →

Elle Duce elects a new party

  25 May, 1999 - 2:51 pm | 16 February, 2013 Articles
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Astride a high horse, straddling the low moral ground, Sonia Gandhi has achieved the grail of tin-pot tyrants. As the sun sets today, she will have elected a new party. Not yet a new people. But not a bad beginning. So where will she go from here? The wonderful thing … Read More →

Envious Casca, Noble Brutus

  11 May, 1999 - 1:59 pm | 16 February, 2013 Articles
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Ever since an envious, over-ambitious Sonia Gandhi yanked Atal Bihari Vajpayee out of South Block for the offense of doing a fairly credible job, the nation has been subjected to intense polemics on the pedigree of our politicians and their right to rule. As is natural in the circumstances, the … Read More →

Theft of the Republic

  27 April, 1999 - 2:27 pm | 16 February, 2013 Articles
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There can be no escaping the conclusion that the Indian people are victims of a presidential coup d’etat. From that fateful evening nearly two weeks ago when he directed the Prime Minister to seek a vote of confidence, to Sunday’s virtual command that the cabinet recommend dissolution of the Lok … Read More →

Stop voting, Mr President

  21 April, 1999 - 1:31 pm | 16 February, 2013 Articles
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Last year, when Pioneer chose to comment editorially on President K.R. Narayanan’s decision to vote in an election, I remember wondering if it wasn’t over-reacting. Certainly, it was unusual. I also had no quarrel with the view that the Head of State must be, and must be seen to be, … Read More →

Corruption versus Dharma as way of life

  13 April, 1999 - 1:48 pm | 16 February, 2013 Articles
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The unhappy situation in which the BJP-led coalition finds itself today has mesmerised most political analysts and social scientists. Reams of reportage has been expended on the mini-cyclones regularly splattering the regime and clouding the image of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, easily the most respectable politician on the spectrum. … Read More →

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  • This is the authorized collection of the writings of Sandhya Jain, published over the years in different places, and maintained by her personally, as a record. As such, it is not interactive. Readers wishing to interact for any reason may write to jsandhya@gmail.com