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...recent decades and its emergence as a key player in global affairs under the Congress-led government of Manmohan Singh has put an air of anachronism around the venerable Communists. "In this day and age, why do you still celebrate the 90th anniversary of the October revolution," asks Surjit Bhalla, a financial pundit and anchor of the show "Tough Talk" on NDTV, one of India's main cable news networks. "How many democratic parties in the world have a bust of Stalin in their headquarters...
...platforms that promised further development. The right-wing BJP is flailing desperately to recast itself as a more moderate political force; the CPI-M faces a long spell out in the cold. "All of us Indians have been shocked by how long the old ideas have lasted," says Bhalla. "But now we are graduating to a sort of center-space like in Western democracies." Few can speculate the Communists' way forward - the CPI-M's central committee is set for a rancorous showdown in New Delhi next month. Nigam hopes the socialist revival in Latin America can offer ideas...
...fighting, the Sri Lankan military offensive hardly differentiated between civilian and Tiger targets. Refugees fleeing the fighting said thousands of innocents were being killed in the army's bombardments. Modern militaries typically halt hostilities when large numbers of civilians are killed. The Sri Lankan army barely paused. Reva Bhalla, director of analysis at Stratfor, a global intelligence firm, says Rajapaksa's "disregard for civilian casualties" was a key to the success of the military operation...
...Like many cricket enthusiasts, Lodaya says he's surprised that the BCCI assumed the government would provide security for its matches during a general election. "One can't be blamed for thinking of this as a sign of hubris," agrees New Delhi-based Vaarunya Bhalla, who works in advertising. "It's almost as though they were trying to make some sort of statement by pushing the government endlessly." Indeed, many have welcomed the development as a sign that the enormously wealthy BCCI has been cut down to size. "In cricket, the BCCI has become an all-powerful bully," says...
Fire-Related Deaths in India in 2001: A Retrospective Analysis of Data By Prachi Sanghavi, Kavi Bhalla, Veena Das The Lancet.com...