Who wants to be a slumdog?That, pretty much, was the theme for the day: over-the-top rejoicing of the enormous success of a film that holds up a mirror to the grinding poverty.
February 23, 2009
The sound of one-handed economists clappingMore disturbingly, the stimulus plan also incorporates a provision that would restrict US banks’ from hiring workers on H1-B temporary work visas.
February 17, 2009
Knickers in a twistBut it appears that the Sri Ram Sene’s foot-soldiers are getting their (pink) knickers in a twist for all the wrong reasons.
February 11, 2009
It is time to begin afresh in Sri LankaAn end to the 25-year-long military stalemate in Sri Lanka appears near at hand, with government forces poised to decisively crush the separatist LTTE.
February 3, 2009
15 minutes of moral TRPsThe assault and abuse of young women in a Mangalore pub on the eve of India’s 60th Republic Day marks a new low in the record of crimes against women.
January 28, 2009
The economy will make or break ObamaFor all the sense of history associated with Barack Obama’s inauguration as US president, he doesn’t really have the luxury of time to savour this defining moment.
January 20, 2009
China's Cultural Revolution IIA storm raged on the Chinese-language internet after paparazzi photographs of Zhang Ziyi, lounging on a beach with her Israeli billionaire boyfriend made it online.
January 14, 2009
China plays a losing hand in PakistanOn the international platform, China also looks out for Pakistan, its ‘all-weather ally’, as happened after the Mumbai terrorist attacks.
January 6, 2009
Big Brother 2.0 is hereChina looks beyond censorship to mould online opinion with outsourced cyberwarriors.
January 2, 2009
The cycle of the agesPeriodic ritual: What we’re witnessing is the collapse of a civilisation and the rebirth of another.
December 23, 2008
The madness of rageEven a fortnight after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, people across India are seething with rage.
December 9, 2008
‘Pakistan must show it is against terror’In his 2005 book Future Jihad, Walid Phares, a leading commentator on global terrorism, portrayed a grim Urban Jihad scenario, like the virtual terrorist takeover of Mumbai earlier this week.
November 29, 2008
All hail Western ‘crony capitalism’The US financial meltdown and the administration’s inept responses to it have established two things beyond reasonable doubt
November 25, 2008
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