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Times Blames Pakistan for Blasts in Jaipur, (The) Hindu Begs to Differ
I awoke this morning to a slew of nearly identical emails in my inbox. All of them contained a link to this morning’s article in the New York Times about the seven bombs that went off in Jaipur last night. “Did you hear about this?” Most of them said. (Not until [...]
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For Dr. Binayak Sen
Hi folks, there are events going on around the US today to mark the one-year anniversary of the detention of Dr. Binayak Sen in Chattisgarh. Sepoy wrote about it last year. Yesterday, twenty-two Nobel Laureates called for his release.
More on him soon. I realize I’m late on posting this, but some of the planned protests [...]
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New: Samar Issue 29
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Issue 29: Our Rights, Our Stories
Check out the latest in SAMAR Magazine
http://www.samarmagazine.org/ May 13, 2008
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Featuring:
** Svati Shah explores anti-trafficking laws through the recent walk out by South Asian migrant shipyard workers in Mississippi
** Two pieces explore strategies for storytelling. Linta Varghese reviews a theatre performance put together by low wage workers from the organization Andolan [...]
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Industrialisation Hai? (2)
In the first post, I gave you an overview of what I’ve learned about the political economy of development in India. This post covers the first of three related major debates that I’m interested in or are overly discussed:
1. market vs. state
2. what empirically leads to industrialization
3. the difference between “development” [...]
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Tidbit: Shoot Me Now and Shoot Me Later?
…in separate conversations last week, no fewer than four McCain staffers and advisers mentioned as a possible vice-presidential pick the 36-year-old Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal. They?re tempted by the idea of picking someone so young, with real accomplishments and a strong reformist streak.
It might also be a way to confront the issue of McCain?s age [...]
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