Issue 24 - March 2009 (3 MB)

[Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review]

Dear readers,

Here's the 24th issue of Pragati---with this issue, we are two years old.

We mark it by announcing our determination to continue to strongly advocate economic freedom as a necessity for the well-being, prosperity and happiness of India's citizens. You will also find an argument for the Indian republic to stay away from getting involved in culture wars and instead focus on maintaining the rule of law.

This issue covers economic relationships with South East Asia, Israel, Latin America and Bangladesh. It also continues our coverage of the global economic crisis. And we review Philip Bobbitt's book about the defining conflict of the "market-state" era: between states of consent and states of terror. There's more, besides.

We hope you'll find this issue a stimulating read. Read & Share.

best regards

The Pragati team

(NB: The words on the cover, "Freedom First" are a salute to S V Raju and the Indian Liberals Group who published the 500th issue of Freedom First in February 2009.)

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Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review 

Issue 24 - March 2009

Contents

PERSPECTIVE
The case for freedom
India can’t afford to delay the liberalisation of its economy
Ravikiran Rao


Let us keep our republic
The debate over moral vigilantism should focus on the rule-of-law
Rohit Pradhan & Harsh Gupta

LETTERS
On transforming Pakistan

FILTER
Essential readings of the month
Ravi Gopalan & Vijay Vikram

IN DEPTH
Trading across the Bay of Bengal
   
The India-ASEAN FTA is a positive step towards substantive engagement
Mukul G Asher & Amitendu Palit

Farming a relationship

India’s rural development agenda and the opportunity for Israel
Martin Sherman

ROUNDUP
The Southern land of opportunities

A good time to deepen economic relationships in Latin America
Udayan Tripathi


To flatten the world
High logistics costs are a drain on India’s competitiveness
Prashant Kumar Singh


Engage with sincerity
The change in Dhaka is an opportunity India cannot afford to waste
   
Supriyo Chaudhuri

Keeping promoters on the leash
The change in Dhaka is an opportunity India cannot afford to waste
R Vaidyanathan

War is one way out of the crisis
A fiscal stimulus of the violent kind is best avoided
V Anantha Nageswaran
   

BOOKS
Terrorising market states       
   
A review of Philip Bobbitt’s Terror and Consent
Dhruva Jaishankar