IPSG NEWSLETTER

Newsletter of the Indian Progressive Study Group, New York

May 1997

The June 1997 IPSG Newsletter



CONTENTS

EDITORIAL: A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY

On the 50th Anniversary of India's Independence

BUDGET BACHAO!

Budget at the Centre of Political Wrangling in Delhi

INDIA AND THE CTBT

Why did India and the US Clash so Openly on the CTBT?

STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND THE CRISIS OF GOVERNANCE IN PAKISTAN

On Bhutto's Ouster and the Ongoing Economic and Political Crisis

BIHAR: YET ANOTHER CYCLE OF CARNAGE

Massacres Continue Under "Pro-Poor" Government

FILM REVIEW

Mira Nair's "Kama Sutra"

BOOK REVIEW

Bhagwan Singh's "Vedic Harappans"

UPDATE

6TH AIPSG Conference, SCSA Proceedings Released

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:

July 19th Los Angeles Conference to Mark the 50th Anniversary

of Independence and the 30th Anniversary of Naxalbari.