India, This Side An institute of Bodology to investigate the pastGanesh DevyThe Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
Economic Perspectives Long-standing debate on privatisation of state-run banks resurfacesC.P. Chandrasekhar
The disingenuous MinisterBy going ahead with the accelerated public sector sell-off programme, the Central government, which has constituted itself to manage a country as larg
The collapse of EnronThe biggest American company ever to go bankrupt, leaves a trail of questions and lessons.
Reforming the policeAny attempt to introduce reforms in the Indian Police should necessarily extract the politician's consent to let the police force function as a neutra
The perils of POTODraconian preventive detention laws such as POTO will brutalise innocent people, violate human rights and debase the political culture - without effec
The rationale behind non-alignmentNon-Aligned Movement: Extending Frontiers edited by Pramila Srivastava, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi; pages 211, Rs.495.
How to save lives without even tryingA new WTO Ministerial Declaration on TRIPS and public health may increase the ability of developing countries to control the monopolistic activities o
Unravelling the Doha puzzleAlthough developing countries showed unusual unity at the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Doha, developed countries succeeded i
Desperate measuresSo long as the government retains its obsession with regulating the deficit, irrespective of the state of supply in the economy, growth is bound to be
Public deficits and the public interestIn India, all economic indicators point to the need for higher public expenditure in order to revive economic activity.
The Kargil conflictA Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights by Amarinder Singh, 1999; Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala; pages 256, price not stated.
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
