The Times of India

All my life I have fought against the notion that India is a Hindu nation. I stand for a society where all are equal regardless of religion, caste or creed. So I was aghast when Sonia Gandhi declined to become […]

You think nobody saw that the BJP might lose the election? Allow me to quote from the \’Swaminomics\’ I wrote in December, after the NDA swept State Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. It took the shape of

Imperial Western projects to bring civilisation to the East through a White Man\’s Burden have a typical unplanned side-effect. The would-be civilisers find that the Easterners resist forced civilisation, and inflict heavy casualties. The civilisers retaliate, and some of them

Osama bin Laden must be delighted with American quasi-imperialism in Iraq. Instead of quashing terrorism, the US has surely created more terrorists. US troops in the restive city of Fallujah. This will worsen Islamic militancy in other countries, including India.

Aid to developing countries has long been dominated by the World Bank and the International Mone-tary Fund. But they have failed for so long in a group of Heavy Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) that additional aid has simply meant additional

The government likes to point to the booming stock market as evidence of Shining India. But the boom has been driven overwhelmingly by foreign institutional investors (FIIs). They poured in a record $7.6 billion in 2003 and another $4.12 billion

Biotechnology has made Kiran Shaw Mazumdar the richest woman in India . The public issue of her biotechnology company, Biocon, debuted in the stock market this week at Rs 312 and quickly soared to Rs 580. Her personal stake in

Biotechnology has made Kiran Shaw Mazumdar the richest woman in India . The public issue of her biotechnology company, Biocon, debuted in the stock market this week at Rs 312 and quickly soared to Rs 580. Her personal stake in

Believers in India Shining will be delighted that GDP grow-th in October-December was 10.4 per cent. Even allowing for the artificial boost given by a good monsoon, India seems to be in the fast lane. It’s all thanks to Vajpayee,

The US is designating Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally. This has dismayed many Indians, who sneer that the US is irredeemably pro-Pakistan. In fact, we should hope fervently that Pakistan does become a major US ally against Islamic terror.