Why the giants don’t mix
Many decades ago, economist Pranab Bardhan was asked where he would like to live: India or China. He said China. Now, by his own admission, he is not so sure....
The Monsoon Session, 2010
The Monsoon Session of Parliament — held between July 26th and August 31st — saw some welcome developments. Though the first week was lost on account...
Pragmatics of Looking East
India’s bilateral relations with two of its important neighbours in the east, Bangladesh and Myanmar, have been visibly on the upswing. These mark a departure...
Protecting the Jarawas
The strategic and commercial importance of the Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Islands has been widely debated in the Indian political scenario. Of the 575 islands,...
The EVM and its critics
A free and fair election is the bedrock of any democracy. Given this, one would expect that someone who reports a grave fundamental problem with the process of conducting...
The perils of the policy intellectual
The lifeblood of a vibrant democracy is debate. Debate conducted not just in the halls of parliament or at street-corner teashops, but in newspaper columns and public...
Pareto
European banks causing stress again Ever since the global economic crisis started, concerns over the state of European banks have haunted the markets. In the first...
Alif
The complaint against India Mukhtar Ahmed Butt’s piece on September 14, 2010 in Pakistan’s Daily Express talks about what he calls increasing “Indian terrorism”...
Filter
Raising India’s Lusophone profile CONSTANTINO XAVIER, fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses states that in the wake of Goa’s successful...









