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India in the multilateral system. India’s voice carries significant weight today in multilateral forums due to its enhanced economic performance, political stability,...
For a triad of freedoms
How a war was planned, executed, fought, lost and won. In late 1856, some strange practices began to surface in parts of north India. Red lotus flowers were circulated...
Shadow practice
A way for the BJP to show that it is prepared to govern. There is a spring in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) step—and rightly so. The BJP, along with...
Life after ’35
The time to plan for old age is now. India is currently experiencing a favourable demographic phase, during which the share of working age population in the total...
In Memoriam
Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam 1929-2011 A personal remembrance and an interview he gave Pragati in April 2008. Photo: © Medha Jaishankar
The UPA’s triple whammy
Rising fiscal deficit, rising current account deficit and high inflation do not bode well for the Indian economy Photo: Olivier/OliBac/Flickr The UPA government...
Lost in interlocution
Raising expectations in Jammu & Kashmir? Photo: Liao Chinghua/Flickr On October 13, 2010, the Ministry of Home Affairs appointed journalist Dileep Padgaonkar,...
Hype versus reality on Indian climate change
Long-term perspectives support natural, cyclical variation—not man-made disasters Even as he praised the Cancun “wealth redistribution”, Jairam Ramesh,...
In a Japanese pressure cooker
Japan, India and non-proliferation commitments Photo: Jackson Boyle/Flickr India’s refusal to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty may delay—or even...
In Parliament
The importance of parliamentary committees Photo: WillieWonker In the previous issue of Pragati, we discussed the various ways in which parliamentary committees...
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