Articles by Aparna Viswanathan

defeat the AISA. As a result, both the official BJP and Congress candidates could poll 127 and 350 votes respectively while the current of 'backwardism' represented significantly by the Mulayam-BSP forces managed only about 264 votes. Yet a significant aspect of the AUSU elections which play an important role in UP politics remained the victory of candidates belonging to the backward communities on other posts in a predominantly upper caste university. This, however, also came about less because of any over-riding pro- Mandal wave and mainly as a result of the radicalisation effected by the AISA at the top. The political barometer of the state is still recording positive reactions to this rather stunning chain of events which demonstrated that the earlier protest against Ashok Singhal was no fluke.

Aparna Viswanathan Despite the fact that the government of India's suit on behalf of the Bhopal victims violated established principles of common law jurisprudence, the Supreme Court has upheld the settlement agreement.

Emergence of the Underclass Aparna Viswanathan While the US is congratulating itself for having vanquished the 'evil empire' and is celebrating capitalism as the 'end of history', 32 million Americans, that is, one in eight, live below the poverty line.