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
The perils of POTODraconian preventive detention laws such as POTO will brutalise innocent people, violate human rights and debase the political culture - without effec
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
Unravelling the Doha puzzleAlthough developing countries showed unusual unity at the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Doha, developed countries succeeded i
The Kargil conflictA Ridge Too Far: War in the Kargil Heights by Amarinder Singh, 1999; Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala; pages 256, price not stated.
Public deficits and the public interestIn India, all economic indicators point to the need for higher public expenditure in order to revive economic activity.
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
Old wine in a new bottle?If Parliament fails to endorse the Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance, that will only encourage further militant adventurism in the country.
Winning the battle, losing the peaceThe West is set to lose the struggle for the hearts and minds of the global public unless it radically and substantially reforms its policies.
Facets of a civil servantFacets of a civil servantWitness to the Century: Writings of C.S. Venkatachar, ICS, edited by S. Sapru and K.M. Acharya; privately published at 1 Fourth Main Road, Jayamahal,
The global dilemmaActing effectively on the issues posed by terrorism is going to be the greatest challenge of this century, be it in the United States or in India.
From slowdown to slump?The instability created by the September 11 terror could adversely affect India's services sector and precipitate the ongoing slowdown into a crisis.
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.
