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Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Subject: The July issue of Hardnews is live and available on stands.
To: editors@hardnewsmedia.com
Dear contributors and friends,
The July issue of Hardnews is live and available on stands. Please visit www.hardnewsmedia.com for details and http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2007/10/1426 for where the magazine is available.
The website is being updated regularly and now includes more than the print version.
Cover Story: What's wrong with the BJP?
Cover story includes:
1) What's wrong with the BJP? by Sanjay Kapoor
Till the BJP disengages itself from the sinister shadows of fascist ideology and emerges as a modern Rightwing party, it will continue to stumble, stutter and fall
2) No Mask, Nothing Unmasked by Poornima Joshi
The fantasy of the faithful to see Narendra Modi partnering Arun Jaitley as a nostalgic throwback to the Atal-Advani era is a pipedream which is bound to crash
3) Lotus eaters of Hindutva by Poornima Joshi Delhi
Can Narendra Modi save the BJP from sinking into a quagmire?
4) Myth of the Modi Miracle by Mohan Guruswamy
The stratospheric legend of Narendra Modi and his promised land of Economic Freedom does not really shine as his propaganda machine and miscellaneous industrialists
push it down the nation's throat. Modi's Gujarat lags behind and much of the adulation is unwarranted
5) Corporate Cronyism in 'Vibrant Gujarat' by M Mehta in Delhi/Ahmedabad
If Narendra Modi is the 'Poster Boy' of corporates, here are the reasons why?
6) Meet Mr Fix It by Sadiq Naqvi
A man about town. For all seasons. Who wears many tactical hats. Meet another BJP aspirant for the PM's slot: Arun Jaitley
Other Stories:
1) A Case Of Mistaken Identity: Guilty Until Proven Innocent by Maulshree Pathak
Will life imprisonment for two young human rights activists destroy people's faith in the Indian judicial process?
2) 'Now, everything is for sale'
India has broken the egalitarian norm and the top 10 per cent are cornering all the nation's resources. 'If you don't change this then there will be revolution,' says ex-bureaucrat BD Sharma, who helped release Maoist hostages recently. Sharma in conversation with Akash Bisht
3) Prez Polls: The Best Address in Town by Sanjay Kapoor
The inside story behind Pranab Mukherjee's nomination for President seems like a thriller with an unfinished ending
4) This corridor is not red by Patricia Mukhim in Shillong
The Maoist bogey in Assam is a ploy to keep AFSPA in force B: Assam accounts for half of the country's encounter deaths.
Of the 183 fake encounter deaths last year, 87 took place in Assam
5) Eyeless in Syria by Sanjay Kapoor
What is intriguing is why England, the US, France, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are so keen to oust the Syrian president
6) Hawks on Steroid
Will India buy the doomsday prediction of Pakistan's imminent collapse?
7) A supari for the Tiger by Akash Bisht
Close to 48 tigers have succumbed in the first six months of this year to an inefficient WCCB and an untrained wildlife department
8) In SRK land: When Aamir meets DIDI… by Sayan Bhattacharya in Kolkata
Do we even merit this space when Bengal has already become such a joke?
9)Still waters, Strong currents by Tridivesh Maini
The resurrection of old bonds between the two Punjabs, in India and Pakistan, can decisively shift the affirmative discourse across the border
10) New Wave Once Again by Aakshi Magazine
But this new cinema is strikingly separate, born out of starkly different circumstances, still unfolding, still struggling…
11) For Visitors Only by Ratna Raman in Hampi (Karnataka)
A visit to the ancient temple town of Hampi brings up a disturbing question: Why are its residents condemned to dreary lives
amid such natural beauty and a rich history?
Book Reviews:
Close, Too close The Tranquebar Book of Queer Erotica;
A Fractured Freedom: Chronicles of India's Margins;
Hot Tea Across India
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