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 human rights debateThe Home Minister's plea for protecting the security forces against harassment for bona fide action against terrorists has been welcomed by the forces
The big stick is a boomerangNDA leaders are again pushing authoritarian proposals to gag the media and repress popular dissent through a reborn TADA and by means of granting amne
The Fijian sagaThe Fijian sagaFiji: A Precarious Coalition by Shubha Singh; Har Anand, New Delhi, 2001; pages 183, Rs.295.
Capital concernsWhy have real interest rates in India not come down despite assiduous financial reform?
A question for KissingerA question for KissingerDoes America Need A Foreign Policy? by Henry Kissinger: Simon and Schuster, New York, $30, pages 318.
On the edge of peaceThe August 14-15 candle-lighting ceremony at the Wagah border confirmed the unprecedented surge in the popular sentiment for India-Pakistan reconcilia
Profiting from derived knowledgeIn obtaining a patent that accepts claims relating to three 'novel rice lines', the biotech firm RiceTec gains a partial victory on the basis of a que
International policy sclerosisThe relative lack of concerted or decisive action to address the looming recession points to the basic lacuna in the world economy today.
The misuse of scienceThe claim of researchers at Kolkata's Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science of a potential new cancer cure is scientifically dubious and b
Remembering RKNRemembering RKNI AM resuming this column after five years. Its origins go back to early 1993. N. Ram and I had gone to see R.K. Narayan at his Chennai (Madras) home.
Fundamental issuesSome questions, concerns and issues that have come to the fore in the context of the killing of Phoolan Devi.
An institute of Bodology to investigate the past The Bodos are constructing a comprehensive picture of the Brahmaputra civilisation.
