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Veteran journalist Praful Bidwai passes away

Veteran journalist, author and anti-nuclear activist Praful Bidwai has died at the age of 66 during a visit to the Netherlands. Delhi-based Bidwai was attending a conference in Amsterdam on......

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......

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......

Reason triumphs over Bt brinjal!

By embargoing Bt brinjal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh may have done a greater service to democracy than he intended, says Praful Bidwai. India has done something unusual in defying the......

Rs 32 a day: Playing dirty politics with the poor

Second-generation neoliberal policies, coupled with multiple failures on the food front, could do to the UPA what India Shining did to the NDA in 2004, says Praful Bidwai.The United Progressive......

The great betrayal at Copenhagen

India caved in to a bad deal at Copenhagen, says Praful Bidwai. By sealing the so-called Copenhagen Accord with the United States, the BASIC grouping (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) has......

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,......

IMAGE: On the sets of Shah Rukh's Dilwale

A look at the top tweets from favourite Bollywood celebrities: Shah Rukh Khan sure is having a great time in Bulgaria as he shoots for Rohit Shetty’s Diwale opposite Kajol. The star actor......

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News for Praful Bidwai

Veteran journalist Praful Bidwai passes away

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

Praful Bidwai: Jaya's Media Misadventure

Praful Bidwai: McCarthyism's Indian rebirth

Praful Bidwai: Of Lies, Trickery & Deception

Beyond the Bhagwati-Sen slugfest

Reason triumphs over Bt brinjal!

Rs 32 a day: Playing dirty politics with the poor

The great betrayal at Copenhagen

Climate meet: Why Durban was a disaster

IMAGE: On the sets of Shah Rukh's Dilwale

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