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Women's Bill: Liberal measure, illiberal politics
That the Yadavs also constitute the political class is a fact but in this instance neutralized by the backward environment in which women of intermediate castes live

 •  Mandalisation of Indian polity: Full Circle
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Report
 
Development, Energy Security and Climate: India's Converging Goals
12 March 2010
India's development problems including climate change and energy security cannot be 'fixed' with technological solutions
 
Why is Radical Islam spreading in South Asia?
12 March 2010
The rhetoric and the justifications that Radical Islam employs to create willing suicide bombers must be properly understood if this menace is to be tackled effectively
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Analysis
 
Anomalies in agriculture: What are the solutions?
12 March 2010
Jayshree Sengupta
It is lack of access to easy credit and high rates of interest that are behind the fall in private investment in agriculture
 
The fiasco that need not have been
10 March 2010
Vikram Sood
What Salman Bashir did was a scaled down version of what Musharraf did at the India Today Conclave a year ago in New Delhi and much more scaled down version of his antics at the Agra Summit. It should have been d'j'vu.
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South Asia Weekly Report
 
South Asia Weekly
3 March 2010 - 8 March 2010
Vol III, Issue 9
The visit of Indian Foreign Secretary to Nirupama Rao, over the weekend has possibilities, both for progress in bilateral relations and speculation.
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Pakistan Urdu Media Watch
 
Afghan Taliban now eye Karachi
February 25, 2010
Shahid Raheem, Vol I, Issue XVI
Pakistan Urdu Media Watch Issue Sixteen finds out why some people think that Pakistan is ripe for a civil revolution
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ORF Discourse
 
India’s Strategic Culture and Security Challenges
January 2010
General V. P. Malik
Delivering the 30th Bhimsen Sachar Memorial Lecture for 2009 in New Delhi, the former Chief of the Army Staff highlights the flaws in India’s strategic thinking and stresses the need for a more focused and clearly defined vision for the future.
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ORF Working Paper Series
 
Who Participates in Higher Education in India?
11 February 2010
Rakesh Basant and Gitanjali Sen
This paper explores how an individual’s participation in higher education (HE) is dependent on his religious affiliations, socio-economic status and demographic characteristics. It argues that an appropriate measure of ’deficits’ in participation should inform the nature and scope of affirmative action.
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Books
 
The Coming Blowback: How Pakistan is Endangering the World
4 December 2009
Wilson John, ORF-Rupa
Coming Blowback is an attempt to test the conventional wisdom about Pakistan and its war on terrorism. Reaching beyond the headlines and banners, the book documents, and investigates, what the War on Terror has missed so far.
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Annual Report
 
Annual Report 2009
15 October 2009
OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION (ORF) is an endeavour to aid and influence formulation of policies for building a strong and prosperous India. The expectations of the global community from India are immense as the country is poised to play a leading role in the knowledge age. The Foundation believes that by 2020, India will be one of the world’s great economic powers and contribute to a significant transformation in the quality of life of humanity.
 

 

 
 
  
  
Events
 

Conference on

India Abroad, India Within: A Day with India's Public Intellectuals
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)

Roundtable Discussion on

"Transnational Threats And India's Security in 2020"
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
(11:00 AM To 2:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Conference on

"India-Bangladesh Dialogue on Security"
Friday, 19 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM) &
Saturday, 20 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi

 


Talk on

"India-Bangladesh Relations: An Overview"
Saturday, 20 March 2010
(11:00 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: Conference Hall, Fifth Floor, Kothari Buildings, 115 Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai

 


Seminar on

"ICT For Marathi And ICI Through Marathi"
21 March 2010
(9:30 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF Mumbai

 


Talk on

"Road to Prosperous India goes through Rural Areas"
Friday, 26 March 2010
(6:00 PM To 8:00 PM)
Venue: ORF Mumbai

 


Roundtable Discussion on

"Water for Indian Cities"
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
(9:30 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Roundtable Discussion on

"Low Carbon Future and Sustainability in India in the Post-Copenhagen Era"
Monday, 19 April 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM) &
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi

 


Conference on

ORF - Heritage Dialogue 2010 on "Terrorism in South Asia: Perspectives from US and India"
Thursday, 22 March 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall


Seminar

ORF-China Seminar
Friday, 30 April 2010
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM) &
Saturday, 1 May 2010
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)

Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


Workshop

DU-ORF Summer Workshop
17 May 2010 - 2 June 2010
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 



  
 
International
The Prince as a Statesman
8 March 2010
Saeed Naqvi
Intelligence agencies in West Asia are suggesting that an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities is "imminent"
 
Don't lose the game
08 March 2010
Kanwal Sibal
This outreach to the Taliban imperils India?s interests in Afghanistan
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National
Responding to the Maoist challenge
08 March 2010
Mahendra Kumawat
IN its forty three years of existence, the Naxal movement has shown tre-mendous grit and resilience.
 
For an Indian military-industrial complex
19 February 2010
Manish Tewari
The defence ministry did take an interest in promoting the private sector to increase self-reliance in defence production
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China
The danger from China's border infrastructure
04 March 2010
Amit Kumar
China and Pakistan are also planning to connect strategic Gwadar port with the broadened Karokaram Highways
 
China's missile defence test: Yet another milestone?
02 February 2010
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
China's missile defence test has come against the backdrop of the US sale of weapons to Taiwan
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South Asia
South Asia Weekly Report
3 March 2010
Sri Lanka is on election mode, the second time in as many months. With parliamentary polls slated for 8 April
 
Islamic Extremsim A Challenge for Maldives Govt. also: Vice President
20 February 2010
Vice President of the Republic of Maldives Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan today said that there is a rising confusion in Islam over the extremism
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