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Policemen of yore

Three officers to look up to.

Bringing barbarians to book

All possible forums, including national tribunals and the soon-to-be-established International Criminal Court, must be explored to prosecute the commu

Contours of organised crime

A new book effectively highlights the grave dimensions of the problem.

Financing the corporations

The International Conference on Financing for Development has provided a depressing sign that even the United Nations has succumbed to the pressures o

A challenge in China

A mammoth OECD study documents the loss of dynamism in the Chinese economy, but predictably asserts, unconvincingly, that more reform can break the st

End the butchery, sack Modi

The pogrom in Gujarat spells this nation's descent into unalloyed barbarism. It can only end if Modi is sent packing and Vajpayee shaken out of his sm

Incompetence or connivance?

The Gujarat Police have not distinguished themselves in recent weeks, but the question is whether they alone are blameworthy.

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Passages remembered

THIS time I am not writing about a particular book. I have over the decades kept notebooks in which I put down excerpts, memorable, stirring phrases a

Foreign investment illusions

Governments with over-optimistic expectations from foreign direct investment should be aware that it does not necessarily increase employment and can

The foreign threat in banking

The clearance granted for a major expansion of foreign bank presence in India will hit priority sector lending overall, reduce the Reserve Bank of Ind

The other Enrons

It just will not do to pretend that Reform Stage-II or the sanctity of the Dabhol contract should prevail over the public interest.

Mapping crime

Police forces in various cities of the United States have successfully adopted crime mapping as a new tool in crime busting.

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