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The Hindu (calibre)
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er 2015 21:35:01
proximity clauses;
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The Hindu (calibre)
er 2015 21:37:36
what is most needed is childcare support for working parents, better street-ligh
ting, more supervised neighbourhood play areas and community centres, and not mo
re policing.
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The Hindu (calibre)
er 2015 21:43:43
Statesmanship is after all the quality of a politician who could utilise the leg
itimacy accorded by the state and his/her charisma to achieve ends selflessly an
d impartially.
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The Hindu (calibre)
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bigotry
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The Hindu (calibre)
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if he was born in another era and in different circumstances, he would have had
the institutional wherewithal to be a statesman.
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The Hindu (calibre)
er 2015 22:07:32
Hindutva elements have a vested interest in fomenting unrest in the Kashmir Vall
ey. In this, they are a mirror image of the jihadists in Pakistan, unsettling re
lations between India and Pakistan at every available opportunity.
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The Hindu (calibre)
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the consequences would be far greater than ink and oil on someones face.
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The Hindu (calibre)
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palestine uprising against israel occupation .
1987-93,2000
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The Hindu (calibre)
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intifada
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The Hindu (calibre)
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conflagration.
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The Hindu (calibre)
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6 rats consume a mans food
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The Hindu (calibre)
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India the population of rats was growing rapidly. Serious measures should be tak
en to eradicate more than 2,480 million of these rodents which were responsible
for the countrys food shortage to some extent, he said.
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The Hindu (calibre)
er 2015 22:30:59
While much of Indias food is produced in rural India, rural Indians seem to be fac
ing higher food price pressures, at least for some items.
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The Hindu (calibre)
er 2015 22:32:57
insufficient investment, growing bottlenecks and impact of two successive drough
ts have contributed to lowering rural Indias potential (or trend) growth and the
narrow output gap is keeping core inflation from slowing rapidly in rural areas,
despite weak growth.
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The Hindu (calibre)
er 2015 22:43:08
one-time funding may not help all stranded projects, but only those that needed
financing, the rating agency said.
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The Hindu (calibre)
er 2015 22:43:29
Funding shortfall may not be the only reason for languishing projects, but also d
elays in getting the appropriate approvals and clearances from various governmen
t agencies.
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jeyakanthan short stories 1.pdf
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The Hindu (calibre)
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2015 09:09:21
Obama, nearly a statesman - OPINION - The Hindu A word that we hear less and les
s today is statesmanship. Statesmanship is after all the quality of a politician w
ho could utilise the legitimacy accorded by the state and his/her charisma to ac
hieve ends selflessly and impartially. In the 20th century, what the eminent his
torian Eric Hobsbawm termed the Age of Extremes, the milieu produced a number of s
tatesmen. The struggle against colonialism produced an M.K. Gandhi, a Ho Chi Min
h and a Mao Tse-tung; the post-colonial nation state produced a Jawaharlal Nehru
, a Fidel Castro, and many others. Even in the developed countries, exceptional
situations produced exceptional leaders. The U.S.s Franklin Delano Roosevelt and
Martin Luther King Jr. and Frances Charles De Gaulle come to mind. What of the 21
st century? In a globalised world, where nation states are on par and in many ca
ses, subordinate to global, financial/industrial enterprises in terms of power,
it has been difficult to find a statesman or a stateswoman. For a statesman to e
merge must mean the subordination of the interests of finance/enterprise to thos
e of the democratically elected state. It is pertinent here to refer to the hub
of global capital and military/industrial power the U.S. to explain this. Noble
promises, great expectations For years since the 1970s, when the era of deregula
tion and the age of finance-led globalisation began, nation states such as the U
.S. have seen their leaders acting in the interests of the elite, rarely rising
above them. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis in the late 2000s it
self a consequence of the deregulated nature of finance capital President Barack
Obama came to power, heralding hopes for change. At that time, the world expect
ed a statesman. The Nobel Committee, in fact, awarded President Obama the Nobel
prize merely on the hope of change despite no actual achievements by him. Seven
years hence, has Mr. Obama lived up to those expectations? Has he lived up to th
e hopes of those among his domestic constituency, and also among the internation
al community, both of whom watched with awe when, for the first time, an African
-American became the most powerful person in the world? Mr. Obamas first four-yea
r term was a case of belied expectations. Domestically, in his endeavour to trian
gulate his support base and his opposition while enacting policy, Mr. Obama only
managed to alienate both to varying degrees. His signature achievement the Affor
dable Care Act was a compromise. It was a legislation that mandated market provi
sions for health insurance, as opposed to more robust arrangements such as the s
ingle-payer health insurance system or the presence of a public option in provid
ing health care insurance. The latter alternatives, which could have lessened th
e healthcare cost burden on U.S. citizens were abandoned in order to garner Oppo
sition support, but the Republican party, which had moved far to the right wing
space, was in no mood for reason. Mr. Obama finally managed to pass the Act desp
ite the strident opposition from the Republicans. Three years hence, the Act has
ensured that a large chunk of those who were uninsured in the U.S. are no longe
r so. However, health costs have remained high. Other policy moves such as stimu
lus programmes to lift his country out of recession were indeed somewhat success
ful. But, the malaise of deregulation having been left largely uncorrected, the
next financial crisis seems to have merely got postponed. On the foreign policy
front, Mr. Obama did move away from the rashness and the imperial world view of
his neo-conservative predecessor George W. Bush. Mr. Obama withdrew troops from
a devastated Iraq and promised to reduce the military presence in Afghanistan, b
ut the stigma of interventionism persisted. An ill-advised North Atlantic Treaty
Organization-led- bombing campaign in Libya devastated and later plunged that c
ountry into anarchy. Covert interventions in Syria aimed at bringing about a reg
ime change only played into the hands of extremists who paved the way for Franke
nsteins like the Islamic State (IS) to emerge. Relations with other world powers
did improve to some extent. Surprisingly, Mr. Obama has come into his own in hi
s second term, especially on what could betermed as lame-duck years of a two-ter

m presidency. Domestically, his ability to further a liberal democratic framewor
k of governance and economic policy has remained constrained by a strident Repub
lican-controlled Congress. Unlike other Democratic predecessors such as Lyndon B
. Johnson, he has been unable to use the art of negotiation (a euphemism for por
k-barrel politics) to break the united opposition to his efforts. That said, his
administration has pushed the frontier of social liberalism further by arguing
for causes like womens emancipation, LGBT rights, and greater diversity through e
xecutive decisions and appointments to important judicial posts. There have been
black spots too. The Obama presidencys response to whistleblower revelations of
many large-scale intrusive surveillance programmes by the National Security Agen
cy (NSA) has been to demonise whistleblowers and to offer a defensive posture. S
ix years of relentless use of drones against perceived and real insurgency has o
nly brought about more civilian casualties, with little moderation forthcoming f
rom the President. These drone attacks have not moved his domestic constituency
much as U.S. citizens are more concerned about loss of their fellow citizens live
s in over-seas conflicts. Yet, in foreign policy, the U.S. government has made s
ignificant progressive changes. Rapprochement between the U.S. and its longstand
ing neighbour-cum-adversary Cuba was encouraged by the Pope and brought to fruit
ion by Mr. Obama. The Iran nuclear deal, under the aegis of the P5+1 (a grouping
consisting of U.S., U.K., Russia, France, China and Germany) could not have bee
n possible without Mr. Obamas commitment. This deal has the potential of transfor
ming geopolitical equations in a volatile West Asia for the better. His administ
ration is now leaving no stone unturned to achieve a consensus with China and In
dia on fruitful steps to mitigate climate change. Relations with Latin America h
ave improved; there is a bit more of realism in the U.S.s West Asia policy and, d
espite frosty relations with Russia, there are some avenues which could broaden
engagement in between the Cold War adversaries, such as in finding a solution to
the Syrian crisis. Towards a multi-polar world order Mr. Obama has followed a t
ruly liberal-internationalist, outcome-oriented approach toward foreign policy r
ecently. If the initiatives taken by the administration continue, it will only b
enefit the world by bringing in a new multi-polar world where competition will b
e subdued and avenues of cooperation will increase. It could be said that Mr. Ob
ama has finally lived up to the expectation that the Nobel committee placed upon
him by pre-emptively awarding him with the Nobel Peace Prize. But has he proven
to be a statesman? Has he decisively advanced the U.S. state apparatus to be a
truly democratic institution that is responsive to the concerns of the electorat
e and the world at large rather than to select special interests and the powerfu
l military-industrial-finance complex in that country? The substantive answer is
No. That said, his presidency has definitely moved the needle in raising public c
onsciousness about the power of the elite. The hold of the right wing power esta
blishment in the U.S. has been made possible through the unleashing of a culture
war that paints liberals and progressives as dangerous agents out there to subv
ert the superpowers edifice. It is this culture war, being played out by media es
tablishments such as the Fox News network; a commentariat featuring social conse
rvatives; and the new McCarthyists that feeds into the native bigotry among the
U.S. citizenry. Mr. Obama has tried in his own way to rise above the fray and pr
omote constitutional values of secularism. This was recently exemplified by a pr
ompt tweet that invited a young Muslim student, arrested in a Texas school for m
aking an electronic clock that was mistaken for a bomb, to show his creation in
the White House. These and other efforts and proclamations in his second term ha
ve emboldened the dormant left wing in the U.S. to finally assert its presence.
A long-serving senator, Bernie Sanders, who openly proclaims himself as a democra
tic socialist, is running an effective and popular campaign in the Democratic pre
sidential primaries, posing a strong challenge to the presumptive and powerful c
andidate Hillary Clinton. His ascent is surely an outcome of the shifts in the U
.S. political spectrum made possible due to interventions by the Obama presidenc
y. These were in response to an upsurge that resulted in Mr. Obama coming to pow
er. In a recent Democratic primary debate, the candidates were discussing progre
ssive solutions to issues such as climate change and curbs on Wall Street, inclu
ding radical solutions such as breaking up of big banks, considered anathema to

the interests of the plutocratic class in the U.S. In sum, President Barack Obam
a will go down in the U.S. history as a remarkable person, who did his mite to b
ring about progressive changes to a regressive state apparatus. His qualities as
a leader, especially as a speaker and a communicator, will be remembered foreve
r. Perhaps, if he was born in another era and in different circumstances, he wou
ld have had the institutional wherewithal to be a statesman. srinivasan.vr@thehi
ndu.co.in Obamas moves and proclamations in the second term have emboldened a dor
mant left-wing to assert its presence, enabling a self-proclaimed democratic soc
ialist like Bernie Sanders to become a strong challenger President Obama has par
tially succeeded in rising above partisanship to promote progressive causes on t
he domestic front and the cause of peace externally. However, in an age of extre
mes, his moderation has not allowed him to rise up to be a statesman
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The Hindu (calibre)
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r 2015 11:25:13
(The more things change, the more they remain the same).
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The Hindu (calibre)
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28:31
key reasons for indo-us nucler deal
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The Hindu (calibre)
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a growing strategic convergence, commercial and economic interests, Indias clean
track-record on non-proliferation, a stable democratic polity and the need for n
uclear power as a clean energy resource
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The Hindu (calibre)
r 2015 11:44:44
Individuals come and go but institutions have to survive and gain the confidence
of the people. The average citizen has greater trust and confidence in the judi
ciary than the legislature or the executive.
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The Art of Choosing: The Decisions We Make Everyday of Our Lives, What They Say A
bout Us and How We Can Improve Them (Sheena Iyengar)
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Past Is Prologue Everything begins with a story. Joseph Campbel
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retinitis pigmentosa,
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rare genetic disease retina dies gradually
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No matter how prepared we are, though, we can stil have the wind knocked out of
us.
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Why is choice powerful, and where does its power come from? Do we al choose in t
he same way? What is the relationship between how we choose and who we are? Why
are we so often disappointed by our choices, and how do we make the most effecti
ve use of the tool of choice? How much control do we have over our everyday choi
ces? How do we choose when our options are practical y unlimited? Should we ever
let others choose for us, and if yes, who and why? Whether or not you agree wit
h my opinions, suggestions, and conclusionsand
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Without the possibility of choice a man is not a man but a member, an instrument
, a thing.
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Theres a suffering that comes when persistence is unrewarded,
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the freedom from pain just on the other side of the wal so near and so readily ac
cessiblewas invisible.
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The Hindu (calibre)
r 2015 15:59:32
a growing strategic convergence, commercial and economic interests, Indias clean
track-record on non-proliferation, a stable democratic polity and the need for n
uclear power as a clean energy resource to meet Indias growing energy demands.
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The Hindu (calibre)
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00:32
kindle notes
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Ethics (Aristotle)
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16:07:52
We must, however, remember that the production of good character is not the end
of either individual or state action: that is the aim of the one and the other b
ecause good character is the indispensable condition and chief determinant of ha
ppiness, itself the goal of all human doing. The end of all
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Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly,
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Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, and we al gotta choose.
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Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service (Michael;Mishal Bar-Z
ohar)
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The dirtiest actions should be carried out by the most honest men.
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The Hindu (calibre)
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Let down by both carrot and stick
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ohar)
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Victor Grayevski
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ohar)
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the final solution
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The Hindu (calibre)
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015 21:34:13
Where there is the deliberate creation of fear and its taking a violent form suc
h as assassination and lynching, it has to be called terrorism. There is no othe
r word for it.
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s second term, especially on what could betermed as lame-duck years of a two-ter

ding radical solutions such as breaking up of big banks, considered anathema to

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