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
Net worthSASHI KUMARCyberspace and social media, which should be the equivalent of the public square where people meet and exchange views, are instead becoming the more p
Live bites'The changes introduced in D.U. in the name of reforms need to be seen in a broader political context. The government is pushing the education sector
Mexicos challengeJAYATI GHOSHMexicos war on drugs, which began in 2006 and has claimed more than 50,000 lives so far, is set to change from a militaristic approach to one that rec
Of resistance and lossK. SATCHIDANANDANSri Lankan Tamil writers tried to capture the trauma of the violence that gripped the country from 1983. The songs of the vanquished show how poetry c
For a Dalit perspectiveJAYATI GHOSHLike it or not, the benefits that bourgeois culture offers historians and critics largely enhances the interests of the elite at the expense of everyo
I spySASHI KUMARMuch as one has been smitten by the lethal charm of Sean Connery as the early Bond, this new one personified by Daniel Craig seems far more the kind o
Spurring nuclear Bhopals?PRAFUL BIDWAIAS far as the atmospherics of her visit to India went, Hillary Clinton was charm unlimited. But beneath the always-smiling, relaxed and breezy manner
A mixed bagPRAFUL BIDWAIAFTER three long weeks of consultation, deliberation and jockeying, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) finally formed a Council of Ministers. But t
End of free trade mythThe collapse of the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism seems imminent and challenges the very basis of the so-called post-WTO freer trade order.
The descent ahead The government’s obsession with the fiscal deficit may see it tightening expenditure, which could end in a descent into recession.
Economic Perspectives In dire straitsC.P. ChandrasekharThe recent Supreme Court judgment on what constitutes revenue in the telecom industry has thrown the latter into disarray and put the government in a
Economic Perspectives Liquidity conundrum C.P. ChandrasekharFinance flowing to business from bank and non-bank sources has fallen considerably in recent months, besides not flowing to where it is needed most, a
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.
