Praful Bidwai's final column: Why covert ops are wrong

Veteran journalist and columnist Praful Bidwai passed away in Amsterdam on Wednesday. A regular columnist for Rediff.com, Bidwai's has always been a voice against extremism and communalism.......

Praful Bidwai: Jaya's Media Misadventure

A good test to determine whether an idea has really caught the imagination of the public is to ask not so much whether its supporters back it, as whether its detractors pay lip service to it. Going......

Praful Bidwai: McCarthyism's Indian rebirth

When future scholars write the social history of this past decade in India, a majortrend they will undoubtedly note is the upsurge of intolerance. Right since the Babrimosque was demolished in......

Praful Bidwai: Of Lies, Trickery & Deception

As we are bombarded with images from Iraq beyond the war's first month -- including the killing and maiming of innocent civilians, looting and chaos, the deepening health crisis amidst water and......

UPA-II and economy: What common people say

Eminent columnist Praful Bidwai wrote in rediff.com recently: 'It's no aberration that the first anniversary of the return to power of the United Progressive Alliance should coincide with a......

Beyond the Bhagwati-Sen slugfest

Unseemly as the exchange between Bhagwati-Sen has been, it nevertheless highlights the polar opposition between the proponents of GDPism and those who believe that what ultimately matters is social......

Lessons from the Maruti violence

Under a new industrial relations deal, the worker's basic right to a living wage and decent working conditions, as well as the right of association and collective bargaining, must be respected......

Climate meet: Why Durban was a disaster

Durban will create climate apartheid, under which rich polluters evade responsibility, but underprivileged people suffer the worst effects of climate change for which they are least responsible,......