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Americans seem so friendly by nature, yet they are outraged by the happenings in their own land or around the world. If it isn’t about Iraq,...

The use of force or violence to bring in change has been in effect from time immemorial. Kings, dictators, political parties, terrorists, th...

In the name of protecting freedom of speech and religion, many political and religious leaders incite people into violence. It doesn’t take ...

My previous post is worth a read. Not because it’s great writing, but because it describes a grim reality. It recounts an instance from our ...

Here’s a new turn on the Prophet Mohammed cartoon controversy, right here on our doorstep. This time, ‘Crossword’ – a favourite bookshop of ...

Is India a democracy in the conventional sense (take the US as your benchmark) or merely a melting pot of separate communities collected und...

“The democratic power of civil society becomes relevant at both these points of vigilance: first as a means of resisting tyranny within the ...

Someone puts Holi colours on a boy. Someone else molests a girl. Stray incidents, but with severe consequences. Soon after, a fight breaks o...

It’s one thing to be a democracy with multiple political parties, free elections and a parliament made up of elected representatives; and an...

In a democracy, power comes from its people. No matter how much power India wields within its boundaries or internationally, one of its foun...

India can now import nuclear fuel and technology, thanks to President Bush’s go-ahead signal. The question is: What are we going to do with ...

It’s not a plea anymore. It’s almost a demand. Gone are the days when India pleaded for financial aid. When India was the epitome of the Thi...

India will become very important in the near future. Indians have a strong entrepreneurial spirit and it has now surfaced for all to see. Th...

It’s true that the Western world has poured in billions of dollars into the developing world. And, I’m not just talking about aid agencies h...

In a stable and orderly world, the economy flourishes. In an efficient and well-governed world, the markets are open for investment and grow...

There's a change in the course of things. India is developing at a rapid pace and it is influencing the entire world. One of the key fac...

"The future matters… it cannot be avoided or ignored just because we are necessarily ignorant of what it will bring." - Bill Emmot...

Whose fault is it that we are poor? It's ours, of course. We are 100% responsible for our impoverished state - and for our debts to the ...

I 'm a pessimist. I see doomsday approaching every time there's a war somewhere in the world, or an MNC spreading its wings in my co...

Translating ideas into action seems to have been the key message in the closing plenary session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos. ...