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
Economic Perspectives Debate over old pension scheme divides State governments and CentreC.P. Chandrasekhar
Selections from 2001I ONCE asked Indira Gandhi which book (not books) would she want to have with her if she were stranded on a desert island. Her answer is clearly etche
War and other pursuitsCan terrorism be fought and defeated through war? Can raining bombs upon a country composed of predominantly innocent people prevent handfuls of despe
Opening the sluice gatesA decision taken by the World Trade Organisation's dispute settlement body relating to the indigenous content of automobiles and allied matters has se
The collapse of EnronThe biggest American company ever to go bankrupt, leaves a trail of questions and lessons.
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
Hindutva ireThe NCERT's censorship of history textbooks represents a Hindutva attack on the ideas of pluralism and tolerance.
Order out of chaosOrder out of chaosQuiver by Javed Akhtar, poems and ghazals translated from Urdu by David Mathews, HarperCollins Publishers, India; pages 251, Rs.350.
The rationale behind non-alignmentNon-Aligned Movement: Extending Frontiers edited by Pramila Srivastava, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi; pages 211, Rs.495.
The perils of POTODraconian preventive detention laws such as POTO will brutalise innocent people, violate human rights and debase the political culture - without effec
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.
