Archive for October, 2010

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Recalibration

Recalibrating India's WPI

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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”...

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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...

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