People are still debating the merits of India\’s nuclear tests, but that matters little now that the deed is done. What has been tested can be detested, but not detested. The relevant question is, where do we go from here? […]
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India\’s five nuclear blasts have led to a proliferation of hype and myths. Fantastic gains, say some. Terrible costs, say others. Don\’t believe either. Myth No 1: The nuclear tests make India a full member of the nuclear club. Not
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The thugs are taking over in the name of religion. For decades I have told foreign friends that MF Husain epitomises India\’s essential secularism. Here is a Muslim painter who has delved deep into Hindu mythology and folklore analysed these
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Should the census in 2001 ask people to specify their caste? Yes, say the Census Commissioner and Home Minister. Definitely not, say others indignantly. I am agnostic on this issue. I see some technical reasons to question the inclusion of
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Should the census in 2001 ask people to specify their caste? Yes, say the Census Commissioner and Home Minister. Definitely not, say others indignantly. I am agnostic on this issue. I see some technical reasons to question the inclusion of
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At the annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics this week, Jeffery Sachs and John Luke Gallup of Harvard presented a paper highlighting the importance of geography in economic outcomes. They looked at data for 150 countries and noted how
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Even as BJP-ruled India is adopting swadeshi, Britain is abandoning it. Rolls-Royce, long the ultimate symbol of British manufacturing prowess, has been sold to Germany\’s BMW (and Volkswagen is trying to come in with a still higher bid). With this,
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Even as BJP-ruled India is adopting swadeshi, Britain is abandoning it. Rolls-Royce, long the ultimate symbol of British manufacturing prowess, has been sold to Germany\’s BMW (and Volkswagen is trying to come in with a still higher bid). With this,
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The BJP wants to strengthen Indian industry without scaring away foreign investors. Its manifesto talks of creating an institution like Japan\’s ministry of international trade and industry (MITI), which channelled substantial financial support to select Japanese industries after World War
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The BJP wants to strengthen Indian industry without scaring away foreign investors. Its manifesto talks of creating an institution like Japan\’s ministry of international trade and industry (MITI), which channelled substantial financial support to select Japanese industries after World War
MITI or \’mitti\’? Read More »
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