Issue 20 - November 2008 - Community Ed (3 MB)

[Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review]

Dear readers,

The highlight of the November 2008 issue of Pragati is a long interview with Jaswant Singh, senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. Mr Singh not only answers the questions we posed but in turn, poses some profound questions for you to think about. (You'll be able to listen/download the audio from November 17th)

Among the issues he mentions is how the situation in Sri Lanka is reminiscent of the mid-1980s, with the LTTE close to being militarily defeated by the Sri Lankan Army. Our cover story for November is a debate: on whether India should save the Tigers or try to secure its interests, and those of the Sri Lankan Tamils, under a post-LTTE dispensation. Is there a middle path that the Indian government could take?

And there is a lot of interesting and thought-provoking reading in this issue. Read and Share!

best regards

The Pragati team

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Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review 

Issue 20 - November 2008

Contents

PERSPECTIVE

Don't abandon the Tiger

A Sinhala-dominated Sri Lanka is not in India's interests

T S Gopi Rethinaraj

The moment of truth on the LTTE

The decimation of the Tamil Tigers is a good thing

Subramanian Swamy

Tuning a new balance

China's military transformation and the implications for India

Arun Sahgal

Looking back at Amarnath

India must seize the opportunity that has come in the wake of the crisis

Raja Karthikeya Gundu

IN DEPTH

The strategic imprint of India's presence

A discussion on strategic affairs with Jaswant Singh

Nitin Pai & Prashant Kumar Singh

ROUNDUP

In tandem: military and civil bureaucracy

Differentiating military advisors and military commanders

Sushant K Singh & Rohit Pradhan

Faith in the system

The state must not restrict religious freedoms

Rohit Pradhan & Harsh Gupta

Rajiv Gandhi's last manifesto

The Congress Party must rediscover its 1991 vision

V Anantha Nageswaran

The end of financial capitalism: what now?

Competent economic management has become all the more important

Mukul G Asher

BOOKS 

Not a moment of boredom

Reviews of Pallavi Aiyar's Smoke and Mirrors and Praveen Swami's India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad

Nitin Pai