Economic Perspectives Is a reversal of bank nationalisation on the cards?C.P. ChandrasekharCalls for privatisation have grown louder just as public sector banks clean up their balance sheets.
Counter Culture Films like ‘Avatar 2’ challenge how acting is thought of as a craftPrathyush Parasuraman
A brief journeyThe saga of Sushila's struggle with AIDS captures the essence of the untold stories of scores of women whose voices have perhaps been lost forever.
Consumerism as patriotismAmerican capitalism is now completely dependent upon continued consumer spending, at rates of increase which are likely to prove unsustainable in the
Four years after PokhranOn the fourth anniversary of the Pokhran-Chagai tests, India and Pakistan are at each other's throats, ready to strike, at the risk of a nuclear confl
Not just another scamThe episode involving the high-profile, Internet-based broker Home Trade and a few cooperative banks, among others, is not just another scam but one m
Misconceptions and fallaciesGujarat debunks the myth that pouring police contingents and indenting the Army would remedy a disturbed situation. Modern society is too complex to b
Of music, 'the deepest of the arts'The Cooking of Music and Other Essays by Sheila Dhar; Permanent Black; pages 114, Rs.195.
Getting delusionalIndian diplomats are trying to intimidate journalists covering the Gujarat events even as they substitute fictional accounts for facts.
The myth of market self-governanceThe "conflicts of interest" visible in the controversies surrounding Andersen and Merrill Lynch point to the systemic fragility that financial liberal
Growing exports, falling incomesThe latest Trade and Development Report from UNCTAD discusses why increasing manufacturing exports may not be good enough for developing countries' in
Training the policeOn the commendable role of, and the major tasks before, the National Police Academy in Hyderabad.
Plumbing new depthsNo Indian Prime Minister has justified a communal pogrom the way Vajpayee has. The BJP's Goa conclave marks the lowest point in Hindutva's hardline ev
SlideshowThe hungry river Villages in West Bengal’s Malda and Murshidabad districts live under the constant threat of river erosion that eats up their homes overnight.
