Why is Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi such a taboo subject to write on , especially if you are not supporting whatever he did. Critically evaluating his actions have never been a favourite subjects of commentators alike.
India’s demographic profile – particularly its unusually youthful population and large reservoir of skilled professionals – is now regarded as a key element of its ascent to the top rank of world powers.
Economists are no better than book-keepers. They often dress up figures to create an illusion of growth. This year's economic growth figures In India have been very cleverly fudged to create a mirage.
Nehru’s Panchsheel for Tribal Development is well-known yet it risks falling down the abyss of the Orwellian memory hole. There isn’t anything ambiguous about it, and it stands in complete contrast to Mr. Chidambaram’s idea of industrial development – Vedanta and its desire to eat the bauxite from the Dongria Kondh’s Sacred Mountain.
The three issues concern non-natural death – and this death is putting an end to life that is being nursed in one’s own self, or of the other, either consciously as an act of mercy, or forced on the other as a societal decision.
The unremarkable Robert Vadra, small time exporter of artificial jewellery and son-in-law of the Signora, is fast emerging as a virtual tycoon, with fingers in many industrial pies.
Rajat Gupta is to be sued for insider trading: he allegedly passed on inside information of the Boards of Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble to his hedge fund friend Raj Rajaratnam, the manager of the Galleon hedge fund, now under bail.
A ban on gutka consumption would also infringe on the personal choice of individuals. A better solution would be to help individuals make more informed choices.
The budget is laced with what will likely prove to be overly roseate expectations. Although large spending increases are slated for educational and social programs, the government is banking that faster economic growth will generate an 18-percent rise in tax revenue
The Guardian reports that in all, Dharavi has an estimated 5,000 businesses and 15,000 single-room factories that produce somewhere between $700 million and $1 billion a year in revenue.
