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Articles in: Different Strokes
Man and Woman – forever distinct?
0This is a December few of us will forget. Delhi-ites, Indians and people across the world waited with anxiety and […]
FDI In Retail and Political Decision Making
0The decision of the Government of India to bring in foreign companies to retail has generated much heat, controversy and […]
Corruption and Discipline
0We are witnessing today two interesting phenomena. In India, unbridled corruption, and in another Asiatic nation, Japan, exemplary manifestation of […]
Pride without Prejudice
0The Commonwealth Games came and went. Such a hue and cry took place before the Games and surely there will […]
The Taj Crisis
0There’s always something going on in this country… good, bad, ugly. In that respect one is always assured a subject […]
Piecing the Puzzle
0In an article in the Deccan Chronicle (6th January, 2010), the author M.S. Swaminathan expressed his view that “only science […]
The First Step
1Not a single day this year has gone by without the newspapers reporting on rapes, murders, robberies, scams, political turmoils. […]
The Greatest Show on Earth
1Recently an article appeared in the New York Times commenting on the “greatest show on earth” – the Indian elections. […]
Sage Advice
0In the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, the wise grandsire Bhishma gives a last lesson in administration and polity to […]
India’s Pride
2In different forms of the media, in a single week, this is what was expressed in various contexts: “India’s Picasso” […]
Young Guns
0Recently, the ruling government in India inducted some fresh faces into the cabinet of which there were some celebrated more […]
Defiling the Sublime
1An article in a leading Indian daily reports that “A powerful trend in the American establishment has launched a smear-campaign […]
Mythical Rama: The Timeless Reality
1There was commotion in the grove on the banks of the river when a frog yelled, asking an elephant bathing […]
September 11 – Past, Present, Future
1September 11, 2001. It’s a date almost all who are exposed to some form of media or the other will […]
Righting the Wrongs
2A well known Indian composer recently released a song as a contribution towards eradicating poverty by 2015. A reality show […]
Of Little Buddhias and Buddhas
0Budhia, or the marathon child, has created a history of sorts by his non-stop spell of running continuously for 7 […]
Understanding the Tsunami
0On 26th December 2004, a devastating earthquake with an intensity of 8.9 on the Richter scale rocked Indonesia. The upheaval […]
The Tsunami Shock and After
0A giant wave of destruction has passed over Southeast Asia swallowing many human lives. In minds that are sensitive, it […]
Bartering Silver for Gold
0Prescriptions for restraint from the ancient Indian literature for leaders in headlong love with the microphone. Congratulating George Bush for […]
For whom the Bell Tolls?
0The bell tolls for the dictator and the despot – said a UN survey. The bell may toll for the […]
The Unpunished Culprit
0The newspapers spread before me offer an unending series of disturbing news, but I focus on two of them that […]
Face of the Enigmatic Lady
0Law never made a man just, but in its slow refinement is reflected mankind’s collective growth of conscience. Only an […]
Of Culture and Anarchy
0Who must set an example in following a cultured code of conduct for a national policy on culture to be […]
Image of Man in Disaster
0Man’s fear and fascination for the possible evil in his own nature is exaggerated and exploited by traders making use […]
Past Future
0When a news anchor of a popular channel said, “I am the sufferer”, what she had in mind was the […]
Revolutions and Rituals
0The anniversary of the Fall of Bastille will be celebrated on a chunk of Indian soil on 14th July – […]
An Aspect of Identity
0Readers may pardon me for beginning with an anecdote that is probably known to some of them. Once an Englishman […]
A Courier for the World Beyond
0A gentleman of Florida, told by his doctor that he would die in a few weeks, announced his readiness to […]
The Case of a Fatal Fascination
0Once again the largest democracy in the world is going to elect a new government. That brings back into this […]
