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  • Mar
    17
    Of Bapu & the state of Chhattisgarh

    I was invited to speak at a seminar in Chhattisgarh on Bapu’s Hind Swaraj, its relevance today. It was ironic because, while we discussed the relevance of what Bapu had written more than a century ago, the dangers he had cautioned against and the pitfalls he had enumerated in his seminal work were manifest all across Chattisgarh, like in much of modern India.

  • Mar
    15
    What did Pope Francis’ beautiful silence mean
    By Stephen L Carter, Bloomberg

    Shortly after the proclamation of the new pope, a reporter for US television told his audience that the Catholics of Latin America “have waited 20 centuries for a pope to

  • Mar
    14
    China’s financial muscle power

    Chinese media followed the recent run-up to the Indian budget with interest. It was noted that India was in danger of getting its sovereign debt rating downgraded to junk

  • Mar
    12
    Internet censorship boomerangs

    The ‘world wide web’ has become a powerful weapon in the hands of ordinary citizens of our planet. They can search for information with ease and disseminate opinions instantaneously

  • Mar
    11
    Empowered women: a boon to society

    “Women really do rule the world. They just haven’t figured it out yet

  • Mar
    08
    With Chavez gone, what of Chavismo?
    By Michael Shifter, Reuters

    The headline on Colombia’s major newspaper, El Tiempo, the day after Hugo Chávez’s death was “The End of the Chávez Era”.
    True, Chávez’s controversial and colourful 14-year rule has ended,

  • With Chavez gone, what of Chavismo?
    By Michael Shifter, Reuters

    The headline on Colombia’s major newspaper, El Tiempo, the day after Hugo Chávez’s death was “The End of the Chávez Era”.
    True, Chávez’s controversial and colourful 14-year rule has ended,

  • With Chavez gone, what of Chavismo?
    By Michael Shifter, Reuters

    The headline on Colombia’s major newspaper, El Tiempo, the day after Hugo Chávez’s death was “The End of the Chávez Era”.
    True, Chávez’s controversial and colourful 14-year rule has ended,

  • Mar
    07
    Carbon capture and sequestration

    Experts believe that the global coal consumption will increase by nearly 60 per cent over the period 2005-2030. Coal is currently plentiful and provides the least-costly option for base-load

  • Mar
    06
    Where education stood in the budget

    The Union budget has nowadays lost its ‘larger than life’ excitement that it used to have few years back. Today people are aware of the trends that would shape

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