Wednesday, November 21, 2012

ZIMBABWE: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

People must standup if they want democracy in Zimbabwe

But the question is – even if Mugabe is dethroned this time, will democracy be set up in the country? Michael Schatzberg, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison shares the same thoughts while talking to B&E, “Free, fair, and transparent elections are a necessary but far from sufficient condition for the consolidation of secure democratic rule.”

For Zimbabwe, the answer lies in grassroot developments and will on the part of both people and politicians to share power. Then alone will democracy and progress prevail in Zimbabwe.


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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

TURKEY: AK PARTY

Turkey is increasingly being pushed towards a new kind of extremism

Senior members of the AK party believe odds are staked heavily against them as most of the 11 Judges hearing the case represent the secular intellectual strata that sees AK as a threat to Kemal’s legacy. Nevertheless experts want to differ. “On what base is the court bearing in mind the closure: a compendium of anecdotes from the unfriendly press? The case is so dubious it is tough to envisage that even the staunchest Kemalists take it at face value,” says Mark R. Parris, a retired career diplomat and an expert at the Brookings Institution’s Turkey Project, while talking to B&E.

AK party has pinned hope on the European Union (EU) to mediate and defuse the matter. EU on its part has criticised the case, saying that the kind of charges raised by the chief prosecutor should be debated in Parliament, not courts


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Monday, November 19, 2012

Just 2.51%? This is on the t‘rocks’!

Daimler is the fourth foreigner to set foot in Indian truck domain. Will it help break the low foreign sales jinx?

Trucks are ‘huge’. That’s a no surprise. They mean ‘huge’ business. That’s a no surprise either! And the power punch becomes even more brutal when we talk about an economy like India, which is witnessing a radical improvement in its mass transportation system, with billions of rupees set aside for the same. As proof, industry sales released by SIAM show that in March 2008, 404,930 commercial heavy vehicles were sold in the domestic market – a dazzling 14.17% y-o-y growth rate. And where Volvo, Man and Tetra have already set their firm foot on the Indian soil, there is a fourth giant gearing up for the muscle magic – German truck-maker, Daimler.

The company entered into a 60:40 JV with India’s Hero Group, to manufacture commercial vehicles on April 21, 2008. The total capex will amount to $1.1 billion, with Daimler contributing close to $343 million. There has been an energetic scouting for a plant location in South India, with production forecasted to commence from 2010. Andreas Renschler, Head, Daimler Trucks comments on the occasion, “It is an important milestone for Daimler Trucks and our Asia strategy. In the Hero Group we have found an ideal partner, as the two perfectly complement one another in terms of the experience and expertise...”


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Thursday, November 15, 2012

Life behind the grease paint

Rahul Bose talks to Prasidha Menon about the making of Shaurya and the trials and challenges of life behind the grease paint

What is your opinion of the legal system in the army and India? Are you conveying any message via Shaurya? I have no clue about the legal system in the army and have got no such experience to share. But then, as far as the legal system in India is concerned, it is no secret that it is a disaster. It is riddled with corruption, inefficiency and archaic loss. Shaurya means courage in Hindi, and the courage to hold on to your principles amidst the danger of losing your job, your career, your money, your friends, your best friend and your popularity, is what Shaurya is all about.

You are talking about courage and standing by one’s principles in this film. How courageous are you in real life? Well, I certainly haven’t bent my principles in the last 10 years. For me, it’s more about individual morality, rules that I fix, are unshakable. They haven’t been shaken by me or any temptations in the last 10 years.

How was it working with Kay Kay Menon and Minissha Lamba? Kay Kay is one the finest actors we have in the country. When you are working with actors with such great calibre, all that you need to do is listen and react. So, the scenes with Kay Kay have a very settled and really intense quality. Like two people playing tennis of a very high calibre. So there is absolutely no struggle to keep it classy.

Minissha is quick, funny, sharp and intelligent. She gets or rather understands what a director wants from a scene very quickly, so there is no need to sit and explain things to her, and then she will go and right away do the things she has to.

You would be playing a fairly serious character in Shaurya and then you play a comic character in Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam. Tell me, what kind of roles come more naturally to you? The one that comes most naturally to me is comedy, but people think that it’s the more serious stuff that comes easily to me. But I don’t care, I hope that people would say the same thing about me when it comes to action!


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Saturday, November 10, 2012

PROFILE: MANIK SARKAR

Under Sarkar's able chief ministership Tripura has seen its first dose of foreign funding

China has agreed to provide technology to set up bamboo-based industries and livelihood opportunities to farmers and the state’s tribal communities, while the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is providing Rs.3.66 billion as a soft loan to the state. "Germany will also provide Rs.1.12 billion for ecological conservation projects and development of livelihood resources for tribals and other forest dwellers," the chief minister said.

Tripura''s per capita annual income was only Rs.534 when it attained statehood in 1972 and the figure rose to Rs.20,357 in the last economic survey conducted in 2004. People living below the poverty line came down from 68% to 55% during the past eight years under Sarkar. “The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) technology for paddy cultivation has increased productivity of rice from 2.5 tonnes per hectare to about 3.5 tonnes per hectare in the state,” Sarkar proudly says.

Most of all, though, it’s his personal integrity that his people like to speak about. “As chief minister, Sarkar receives a monthly salary of Rs.9,200 and subsidiary allowance of Rs.1,200 per month and these amounts he donates to the party fund, like other partymen,” said Gautam Das, the state spokesman of the CPI(M).


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