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
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.
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
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
A question for KissingerA question for KissingerDoes America Need A Foreign Policy? by Henry Kissinger: Simon and Schuster, New York, $30, pages 318.
The discrete charm of Robert ZoellickWhy developing countries in general, and India in particular, ought to refuse to participate in any new round of world trade negotiations until a revi
Fundamental issuesSome questions, concerns and issues that have come to the fore in the context of the killing of Phoolan Devi.
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.
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
The cyber crime challengeComputer users, as well as the police, need to brace themselves to counter the new threat posed by cyber criminals. And international cooperation is e
The addictions of drug companiesA new report on the activities of a multinational drug company reiterates the problems with enforcing patent rights in an increasingly concentrated in
Emergencies in emerging marketsThe crisis in Argentina highlights not just how insecure emerging markets are, but also how dubious and fleeting the advantages are of obeying the dic
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.
