The writer is chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the PM. Views are personal.
January 03,2003 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
Campell Hughes is a Canadian publisher and the following quote comes from him. ‘‘A Canadian is someone who drinks Brazilian coffee...
June 10,2002 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
The media never offers answers to interesting questions. Take the Ravinder Paul Singh Sidhu episode. Everyone has focused on corruption and ...
March 28,2002 00:00:00 AM
It’s the international traveller’s first sight of India, the last sight out of it. Either way, the typical Indian international ai...
