The American occupation of Iraq is going badly, 22 Americans have been killed in two helicopter ambushes, and no end is in sight to guerrilla warfare and its human toll. Many Indians believe that will sink the political chances of […]
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Suddenly, euphoric predictions for the Indian economy are proliferating. Goldman Sachs, the global investment company, says India will become the third biggest economy in the world after China and the USA by 2050, dwarfing Japan and Germany . Vijay Kelkar,
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The United States is desperately trying to persuade all countries (including poor ones like Vietnam) to contribute something for the reconstruction of Iraq. This implies that much of Iraq’s old debt of $134 billion will be written off. Some analysts
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The Supreme Court has held that trade unions do not have a constitutional, legal, or moral right to strike. I am not surprised that trade unions at the recent Indian Labour Conference denounced the verdict. But I was surprised that
Unconstitutional, illegal, immoral strikes Read More »
We cheer Indian companies that hold their own against multinational corporations. But, to the best of my knowledge, only one Indian company is No 1 in the world in its field. It is not Reliance, nor any Tata or Birla
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Should India stop accumulating reserves so rapidly and let the rupee appreciate against the dollar? Absolutely, said IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff when he visited India recently. He gave similar advice to all emerging Asian economies at the annual meeting
The case for currency appreciation Read More »
Once a decade or so, a book comes along that is so clear and insightful that people instantly recognise it as a masterpiece. The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria is one such. It tears to pieces romantic notions of
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A Joint Parliamentary Committee has started inquiring into the affair of pesticides in soft drinks. The controversy has been analysed from several angles. Here is a new one. Even the best products need good marketing to succeed. CSE has a
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A Joint Parliamentary Committee has started inquiring into the affair of pesticides in soft drinks. The controversy has been analysed from several angles. Here is a new one. Even the best products need good marketing to succeed. CSE has a
Fizz cola: It\’s safer than milk Read More »
There has been much loose talk this year about a unipolar world in which the hegemonic USA dominates the globe as none has done since the Roman Empire. That has now been exposed as pure hype by US setbacks at
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