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May 24, 2012 02:14 IST
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Thu, May 24, 2012May 15, 2012 03:14 IST
Policy instability makes govt vulnerable to arm-twisting by Norway
Tue, May 15, 2012
October 27, 2005 02:22 IST
The last time I met Nirmal Verma at home, he was recovering from a bout of the long illness which finally claimed him last night, at the age...
Thu, Oct 27, 2005
January 01, 2001 00:00 IST
In retrospect, Y2K was no damp squib. It's just that the meltdown happened at a previously undisclosed location: the trading floor. The po...
Mon, Jan 01, 2001
February 01, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 31: Predictably, all eyes are on the bull-pen, where three massive Holstein cross-breeds are being measured up. But the ani...
Tue, Feb 01, 2000
January 16, 2000 00:00 IST
In 1852, Elisha Graves Otis, a bed-frame manufacturer from Vermont, first addressed America's fear of falling. To demonstrate his safety l...
Sun, Jan 16, 2000
December 13, 1999 00:00 IST
DECEMBER 12: The term `information superpo-wer' is being bandied about with increasing frequency. Every one of a series of IT trade shows ...
Mon, Dec 13, 1999
December 09, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 8: Back in 1973, the blueprint of the Internet was drafted on a restaurant table. On the back of the proverbial envelo...
Thu, Dec 09, 1999
November 21, 1999 00:00 IST
The whole world began to prepare for the millennium party early this year, with the exception of a noted conscientious objector. Arthur C...
Sun, Nov 21, 1999
November 07, 1999 00:00 IST
NAME: Unknown. Age: Unknown. Build: Medium. Hair: Dark. Distinguishing marks: None. Status: Brought dead.Every day of the year, a few hun...
Sun, Nov 07, 1999
October 17, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCT 16: ``My father is a self-made man and I wish to state up front that he has made a conscious effort to never abuse his inf...
Sun, Oct 17, 1999
September 26, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, SEPT 25: Close on the heels of Yahoo's announcement of a service for India, Lycos has outlined its plans for Asia. India origi...
Sun, Sep 26, 1999
September 26, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, SEPT 25: After taking on the shade of Stanley Kubrick and Xena the Warrior Princess, Ajay Shah is before a computer terminal i...
Sun, Sep 26, 1999
September 24, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, SEPT 23: In 1998, a new passive verb was invented by the US business community: `To be Amazoned.' It referred to the predicame...
Fri, Sep 24, 1999
September 20, 1999 00:00 IST
AMETHI, SEPT 19: With the possible exception of Bellary, Amethi has raised more speculative dust than any other constituency. First, it w...
Mon, Sep 20, 1999
September 12, 1999 00:00 IST
In that uncertain hour between dreaming and waking, Psephologist Medianswami's mind is thick with symbolic illogic. Images flit across hi...
Sun, Sep 12, 1999
September 04, 1999 00:00 IST
Kargil sent back more than 80 bodies to Haryana. Of these, 11 were brought to the villages on the highway between Rohtak and Jind, which ...
Sat, Sep 04, 1999
September 03, 1999 00:00 IST
JIND, SEPT 2: Call it absurd, but the Jat voters of Haryana all claim to be Congressmen at heart. The sentiment just happens to be concen...
Fri, Sep 03, 1999
September 03, 1999 00:00 IST
JIND, SEPT 2: Call it absurd, but the Jat voters of Haryana all claim to be Congressmen at heart. The sentiment just happens to be concen...
Fri, Sep 03, 1999
August 22, 1999 00:00 IST
It is almost four years since T.N. Seshan discovered he was at a stage in life where politics was simply fated. Simultaneously, the unkin...
Sun, Aug 22, 1999
July 08, 1999 00:00 IST
Ever hear tell of The Dark Arena? No bells ring? The Fortunate Pilgrim? The silence is deafening. The Godfather? Sure, they peal out like...
Thu, Jul 08, 1999
July 05, 1999 00:00 IST
First VSNL, in a paroxysm of nationalism, unilaterally blocked access to the Website of Dawn, Pakistan's most credible newspaper. Then Da...
Mon, Jul 05, 1999
June 28, 1999 00:00 IST
The archetypal multinational is supposed to move in and take over. It inexorably changes food habits, cropping patterns, economic policy,...
Mon, Jun 28, 1999
June 14, 1999 00:00 IST
Ever since the engagement in Kargil began, there has been sporadic talk of the need for India to beef up its information warfare capabili...
Mon, Jun 14, 1999
June 11, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JUNE 10: If only we could get God to root for Zimbabwe. When you read this, a billion prayers will be jamming the big petition...
Fri, Jun 11, 1999




