Another intelligence failure?It seems the government’s advance warning systems failed to alert decision makers about the possibility of a US-China 'gangup' on South Asia.
November 22, 2009
The state of our women: What the future holdsHave you ever sustained a burn? Then imagine your daughter burning, from kerosene poured over her, or yet another imagined stove burst.
November 22, 2009
Celebrating the CEO of the DecadeSteve Jobs’ name conjures up images of a fighter, a hero. No man has held the creativity and innovation forte as strongly as he.
November 21, 2009
First, tame the water thieves!By N Raghuraman
If pilferage is checked, city can not only do without a water cut, but enjoy surplus supply.
November 21, 2009
In search of liquid goldBy Javed Gaya
Last week I was in Tuscany, a few miles north of Siena, at a guest house of one of the great vineyards, having a lunch to die for.
November 21, 2009
Bend it like ObamaThe entire duration of his week-long tour to Asia was given over to projecting, that under his watch, the US wouldn’t conduct itself as a ‘beat cop’ policing the neighbourhood.
November 20, 2009
In healthcare, we can at best play catch-up with ChinaBy Pillman
Dan Vasella, the chief executive of Swiss firm Novartis, which has been struggling for the last five years to secure the patent rights in India on Glivec.
November 20, 2009
Five-and-half yards of pure mischiefBy Madhu Jain
The sari isn’t quite going the kimono way. But it seems to keep changing its status. I use the word status the way millions now use it on Facebook — the latest public confessional — to describe their state of being at that precise moment.
November 20, 2009
Fuel big bubblesBy Vivek Kaul
As a rule we favour capitalism in an expansion and socialism ina contraction.
— George Cooper
November 19, 2009
The world outside the boxThe discomfort about pigeonholing identities has perhaps come to a head with a cult figure like Tendulkar taking a stand against the xenophobia.
November 19, 2009
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