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Veteran and most respected Marxist leader of India, Jyoti Basu's latest statement has certainly undermined his own goodness as a person. It is a surprising thing to know as to how even such a leader can fall in his opinion clearly supporting a capitalist approach of development in the fag end of his pro-people life telling people about his “government's inability” to return the lands, which have been taken from the people under SEZs (Special Economic Zones), to the people on account of “legal obstacles”.

World focus has again been shifted to global climate change. It has been discussed within the UN frameworks and G8 summits of the industrialized and developed nations. However, the results are far from satisfactory. If the things are to continue in the same pace and with the same mind-set, the world is bound to undergo a great suffering.

The Rajasthan state in India is on the boil. Twenty six out of 30 districts are under the grip of violence. Within three days of the Gujjars' agitation for Scheduled Tribe status, death toll in police firing and mob violence has increased to 20. With no chance of peace being restored in near future, one needs to think over this issue afresh. There are many more reasons that demand this rethinking including dwindling number of employment opportunities and the politics of reservation in the country.

This is really an adventure into the unknown realms of Delhi that led the author of the book 'Delhi: City of Yoginis' into a new world of magical symbolism and the mystical realm of Yogamaya, the mother and life giver to all. This is perhaps one of the most ignored heritage that we, the people and the power, are unaware of.

Mahatma Gandhi was one who kept experimenting with truth which meant he never believed in absolutism. For him it was constant change, even the truth for which he laid his life. When the bullet pierced him his last words were “Hey Ram”!It was not a lament but expression of a tragedy, a catharsis. Not for himself as he slowly crumbled, but for everything that he stood for that had failed to reach the entire masses. The stains emerging on his pure white shawl, that was part of his formal attire, carried an impression that blank spots were still alive. Despite his consistent efforts, the right, though extremely feeble, was slowly raising its head. With the death of father of the nation, darkness spread over everything, even on those that had planned the dreadful act. They had to face the violent masses everywhere.

Pure atmospheric air is composed of nitrogen, oxygen and a very small proportion of carbonic acid gas. Air once breathed has lost the chief part of its oxygen, and acquired a proportionate increase of carbonic acid gas. Therefore, health requires that we breathe the same air once only.