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India’s only genuinely international
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US
debt crisis |
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“Cut, Cap and
Balance” Vs “Duck, Dodge and Dismantle” |
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Even in the midst of an intense political debate on
burgeoning budget deficits, the US legislators never lost
touch with their famed sense of humour more |
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A
stitch in time |
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Asia's changing
strategic landscape |
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At all political/strategic discussions and seminars all over
the world, China is always the elephant in the room. The
real issue is, however, Pakistan |
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India's Independence Day |
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There is much to
cheer about |
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Indians are passionately attached to their freedoms. It is
surprising how a people such as these could have lost their
freedom for so many centuries |
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Global markets |
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Stop this default
paranoia |
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It is ironic that the market players make all their money
handling risks and are yet paranoid about the faintest signs
of risk. It is understandable for the fund managers,
investment bankers and stock brokers to be jittery about any
hints of slightest risks anywhere in the world. But
economists should know better and should not lend their
voice towards spreading panic in the financial markets. |
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Mahabharat in the South |
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Fratricidal war in
DMK |
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Like Dhritrashtra in Mahabharata, the old patriarch,
Muthuvel Karunanidhi is helplessly watching the DMK
disintegrate due to the fratricidal war within the ruling
family. |
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Dope disaster hits Indian athletics |
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The art and science of doping and not getting caught was
perfected by East European sports administrations. Every one
knew about it, including Indians |
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RBI does it again! |
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The latest and the steepest hike in interest rates could
prove to be the proverbial last straw that can break the
camel's back. |
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ZeiTGeiST ASIA: FORECAST |
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Bashar Assad Regime in Syria could collapse very soon-
within the month of Ramazan itself. He has been given too
long a rope already. It is time for him to hang himself. |
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Daastan-e-Delhi |
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The comatose
Congress |
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In any case, Congress workers
have always viewed Manmohan Singh as a pretender to the
throne or, at best, as a Regent, until Rahul Gandhi was
ready to take over the Prime Ministership. They had
convinced themselves in 2004 that Manmohan Singh would be
Prime Minister at best for one term of five years.
Unfortunately, however, their last hope, Rahul Gandhi, has
also not been able to capture their imagination. Every time
he opens his mouth, he seems to open it much too wide. True,
he has engaged the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh in
practically a street fight and he seems to be determined to
come up the hard way, fighting every inch of the territory.
But he does not seem to be winning in UP or at least giving
the impression of being on an upward incline. In any case,
the Congress cadres would much rather prefer a Nehru-Gandhi
descend from the heavens and lead them all towards greener
pastures rather than one waging ordinary battles in the
badlands of Uttar Pradesh. |
