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		<title>Fractured Social Sciences</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/fractured-social-sciences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Can the contradiction between underdevelopment and democracy be transcended]

This is the draft I wrote for the editorial for the Economic and Political Weekly, VOL 44 No. 23 June 12, 2009. There may be many differences between this draft and the EPW editorial.
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As has been widely remarked, this is the first time in more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=278&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Third Front: A Post-Mortem</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/third-front-a-post-mortem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[What was the left doing with the natural allies of the Congress and the BJP?]
This is the draft I wrote for the editorial of the Economic and Political Weekly VOL 44 No. 22, June 05, 2009. The draft and the final edit may have many differences. 
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Among the big casualties of the recent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=272&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Logical Defeat</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/a-logical-defeat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Can the Left learn the proper lessons from its electoral rout?]
This is the draft I wrote, a finalised version of which was published as the editorial of the Economic and Political Weekly in the Vol XLIV No 21 issue dated May 29, 2009.



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There is a certain irony in the defeat of the left, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=266&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caste Out, Yet Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 01:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the draft version I wrote for the editorial of the Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLIV No. 20, May16 2009.
[The official Indian delegation again blocked all mention of caste at the UN conference of Racism]
The recently concluded review conference organised by the United Nations in Geneva to assess the work done to implement [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=262&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tackling the Taliban</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/tackling-the-taliban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 09:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the draft version I wrote for the editorial of the Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLIV No. 20, May16 2009.
[A sole dependence on military solutions cannot defeat the Taliban]
The recent round of military action by Pakistan against the Taliban insurgents in its North West Frontier Province could not have started on a worse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=258&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fascism with a Red Flag</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/fascism-with-a-red-flag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the draft I wrote for an EPW editorial published in the of 25 April &#8211; 2 May, 2009 edition. There are significant differences between this draft and the final edit.
Maoist attacks on the people’s right to vote is similar to the fascists’ attacks on democracy
Elections are a good time to review the effectiveness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=250&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Significance of Uttar Pradesh</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/the-significance-of-uttar-pradesh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the draft of the edit I wrote for EPW published in the 18-24 April, 2009 edition.
[Uttar Pradesh as a bellwether province in the Indian general elections; then and now.]
For many elections after independence, Uttar Pradesh (UP) remained central to the formation of any government at the Centre. It was, and remains, the largest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=245&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy and the Small Car</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/democracy-and-the-small-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the draft of the edit I wrote for the EPW issue dated 04-11 April, 2009.
[The political role of the small car is as important as its environmental impact]
The collapse of public transport in the past few decades has been a stark feature of almost all urban areas in India. Significantly though, this matter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=239&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Father, Son and the Emergency Ghost</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/father-son-and-the-emergency-ghost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is hugely ironical that the BJP (and their candidate from Pilibhit parliamentary constituency, Varun Gandhi) should accuse the Election Commission of bias against the young lad due to the presence of Chief Election Commissioner designate, Naveen Chawla. But before we get to explaining that irony, here are a few facts.
Varun Gandhi is the son [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=233&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stalemate in Bengal?</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/stalemate-in-bengal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in close to three decades, the Left Front finds itself on the defensive in West Bengal in the forthcoming Parliamentary elections.
[This is the draft of the editorial I wrote on the political situation in West Bengal ahead of the 2009 Parliamentary elections in India. This was published in the march 21, 2009 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=228&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>So what is the solution in Swat?</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/so-what-is-the-solution-in-swat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rise of extremism in Pakistan’s Swat valley needs a nuanced and democratic response.
 
[This is the draft for the editorial I wrote on the Taliban takeover of the Swat and the Pakistan Government's deal with them. The final revised version will be published in the EPW 28 Feb - 6 Mar 2009 (Vol XLIV NO [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=218&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>and quiet flows the blood&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/and-quiet-flows-the-blood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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This was my draft of the editorial on the bloodshed and conflicts in and around the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the Economic and Political Weekly. The final edit was published in the EPW dated 21 February, 2009, Vol XLIV No 8.
[Why is the world, including India, silent about the neocolonial plunder of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=212&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Padma Awards?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should the Indian State continue to confer national awards that have been devalued by lobbying and favouritism? 
The following is the text of the draft I wrote for the EPW edit on this topic. The final edit can be read here.
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The Republic Day has been the occasion for the State to honour those [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=207&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections in the Aftermath of Nandigram</title>
		<link>http://leftwrite.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/reflections-in-the-aftermath-of-nandigram/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was published in the 5 May, 2007 edition of the Economic and Political Weekly. This was a few weeks after the killing of 14 peasants by the West Bengal Police in Nandigram. At that time I had, for various reasons &#8211; didactic, political, tactical &#8211; decided not to publish it in my name. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=203&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Israel versus Humanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aniket Alam</dc:creator>
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On the night of 9-10 November 1938, the Nazis killed dozens of Jews in Germany, sent thousands to concentration camps and destroyed Jewish properties and synagogues in an orgy of violence which removed all doubts about the nature of persecution Jews faced under the Nazi regime and was a precursor of what was to come. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=leftwrite.wordpress.com&blog=763919&post=194&subd=leftwrite&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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