The writer is chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the PM. Views are personal.
January 03, 2003 00:00 IST
At the end of the year, every newspaper or magazine has surveys of what happened during the year. How important is India globally? In terms ...
December 13, 2002 00:00 IST
I am going to give you extensive quotes. The topic justifies them. Here is the first one, which is from the Annual Report of the National Hu...
November 02, 2002 00:00 IST
On a flight to Kolkata, I noticed a gentleman on the coach to the aircraft. He sat opposite me and reeked of perfume. Clad in a kurta-pajama...
October 07, 2002 00:00 IST
In India, one tragedy overtakes another and yesterday’s tragedy is soon forgotten. The derailment of 2301 Up Howrah-New Delhi Rajdhani ...
September 02, 2002 00:00 IST
Thanks to Transparency International (TI), there is more talk about corruption. Among 102 countries, India is ranked 71st, in the same leagu...
August 05, 2002 00:00 IST
IS there a democracy tax? Had India not had democracy, would economic development have been faster? For instance, economic reforms often req...
August 01, 2002 00:00 IST
The UNDP’s Human Development Report for 2002 has recently been released and people have already written about HDR. I have always wonder...
July 05, 2002 00:00 IST
Campell Hughes is a Canadian publisher and the following quote comes from him. ‘‘A Canadian is someone who drinks Brazilian coffee...
June 10, 2002 00:00 IST
In 1971, when India beat England in England, we were in college. In our youthful exuberance, we put up a notice in the English department, s...
May 22, 2002 00:00 IST
In case you don’t know, GIAN stands for the Great Indian Airport Nightmare. Did you notice a reply given by the Minister of Tourism and...
May 17, 2002 00:00 IST
The media never offers answers to interesting questions. Take the Ravinder Paul Singh Sidhu episode. Everyone has focused on corruption and ...
March 28, 2002 00:00 IST
It’s the international traveller’s first sight of India, the last sight out of it. Either way, the typical Indian international ai...
