Archive for September, 2011

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Preoccupations of an emerging power

The daunting scope of Indian foreign policy may explain the few scholarly attempts at surveying it of late IN EXTENSO Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian...

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Gandhi redux

What we see: social activist Anna Hazare forever poised on the lip of a threat, that of a prolonged fast. What we know: Hazare is demanding that the Parliament of...

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No counter-revolution please

It is hard to sympathise with the United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) open discomfiture with the anti-corruption movement launched by Anna Hazare and his followers....

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Give Dhaka its due

Clearly, Delhi has decided to aggressively engage with Dhaka. The flurry of activity began in early May, with Vice President Hamid Ansari travelling to Dhaka to...

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In Parliament

The government has published the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill for public discussion and feedback. The Bill will replace...

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The fruits of FDI

For years, the debate on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the retail sector has raged on, involving everything from economics, national pride and nostalgia about...

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Revisiting the ideology of Pakistan

If there is one national termite that has been eating up Pakistan’s physiology and neurology, it is its purported ‘ideology’. After more than six decades of...

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Pareto

INDIAN GROWTH STORY IS A CASE OF TRICKLE UP NOT TRICKLE DOWN SS AIYAR reviews India growth story since 1991(The Elephant That Became a Tiger: 20 Years of Economic...

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Redefining responsibility

As India emerges on the global stage, much has been made of its increasingly influential role in multilateral institutions, especially in the context of its recently...

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Reciprocal neighbourly gestures

Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s upcoming visit to Bangladesh is expected to mark a new era in bilateral ties as some long pending issues like ‘border...

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