The Times of India

On returning to work after four weeks\’ leave, my colleagues tell me that Enron remains the hottest topic in town. and that I simply must write about it. I have long argued that the ideal solution is for the Maharashtra State Electricity Board to take up 30 per cent of equity of the Dabhol Power […]

There is now universal agreement that public health is a basic need for all developing societies. So much has been written about the need for clean water and air, vaccination, and the control of killer diseases like malaria. But there is one public health issue which peole are scarcely aware of. This is illegal abortion.

There is now universal agreement that public health is a basic need for all developing societies. So much has been written about the need for clean water and air, vaccination, and the control of killer diseases like malaria. But there is one public health issue which peole are scarcely aware of. This is illegal abortion.

I can buy soap or garments from scores of different manufacurers. But I can get a telephone service from only one supplier — he government. Inevitably, the monopoly supplier is inefficient and callous. The telephone goes dead twice a month, and the size of my bills often makes me feel that some crooked linesman is

So Nikki Bedi and her phalanx of teeth are off Star TV, for reasons she could not possibly have anticipated. Her chat show specialised in mild sexual titillation, which is why she. invited Ashok Row Kavi, the celebrated gay journalist of Bombay, to participate. Little could she have imagined that Kavi would call Mahatma Gandhi

After ten barren years, SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation) has finally delivered a baby called SAPTA (South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement). New-born babies in the subcontinent often suffer from malnutrition, and I suspect SAPTA will be no exception. Many folk might think from screaming newspaper headlines that the seven countries of South Asia

Dear Mr Manmohan Singh, You have the unenviable task of formulating a budget which sticks to long-term economic sense while accommodating the populist election year. I intend over the next few weeks to give some suggestions on how you can do this. Consider foreign investment. The rural masses know and care little about your deregulation

Many secular people will be dismayed by the reaction of some Muslim organisations to Mr Mani Ratnam\’s film, \’Bombay\’. It is important to stress that the protests have emanated mainly from a few communal Muslim outfits, and that many secular Muslims are strongly against banning the film. But no prominent body of Muslims is enthusiastic

For centuries, people have assumed that the jobs of the future lie in industry. In fact services have long replaced industry as the locomotive of growth in developed countries. In the USA, almost 75 per cent of the workforce is already in services. In no developed country, according to Peter Drucker, will industry account for

In the last two decades, Asia has grown rapidly, Latin America has registered spotty progress, and Africa has gone downhill fast. These differences cannot easily be explained in economic or political terms since the three continents faced the same global conditions and received the same sort of advice and loans from the World Bank and