editorial article

Swapan Dasgupta Until relatively recently, there were two prevailing stereotypes of India in the wider world but particularly in the West. The first, and by far the most unflattering image was that of a country where suffering, starvation,…
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    Rajesh Singh  Part of the reason why the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam did not get eliminated when it had assumed dangerous proportions in the eighties lies at India's door. Ironically, two very dissimilar actions New Delhi took on…
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Sunaina Malik It would not be wrong to call social media as a flyover which facilitates million of stranger souls to get acquainted with each other. As a social working site, it was first launched by a former Harvard University student…
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  Manu Khajuria Picture the thrill and nervous excitement that accompanies a child on his first day of school. Along with the scrubbed, oiled, combed and uniformed student, the trepidation and hope is shared by his or her family. Each one…
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Hiranmay Karlekar There is everything to be said for cordial India-China relations and moves to promote mutual ties. Equally, everything needs to be said for keeping one's powder dry given the experience of 1962 when, thanks to Krishna…
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KG Suresh The nation that forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten", said Calvin Coolidge, Former President of the United States. The issue of one-rank-one-pension scheme for retired Armed Forces personnel has once again hogged the…
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Sandhya Jain From the moment he unveiled an enticing vision of growth before ambitious students at the capital's prestigious Sri Ram College of Commerce in February 2013, effortlessly capturing the imagination of young India (and an…
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Sunaina Malik  It would not be erroneous to label a mother as   ozone layer, who inhibits all the ultra violet radiations of peril, dread, sting, distress, disquiet, melancholy and un comfort from reaching to her children. She is a…
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Kanchan Gupta There was a time when the Government of India sanctioned the purchase of computers but the specific order did not clarify whether software could be bought along with the hardware, from the lowest bidder of course. Hence,…
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Joginder Singh Speaking at a function organised as a part of the Bar Council of India's Golden Jubilee celebrations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "If we focus on a policy-driven governance, if there is good governance, pendency of…
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