New economic policy meets old paranoia
From ports to telecoms, Chinese FDI in India is hitting “national security” barrier. 28 September 2006The Hindu Chinese FDI hitting `national security’ barrier Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: The numbers involved … Continue reading
The life and death of a mad Bhopali
Sunil Kumar, who was 13 at the time the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal unleashed its deadly payload of methyl isocyanate gas over the sleeping city, committed suicide recently. Indra … Continue reading
In Nepal, time to check the dangerous drift
The road map for the formation of an interim government with Maoist participation is more or less in place. But powerful forces are intervening to derail the process. 20 September … Continue reading
India and the quest for world order
The Manmohan Singh Government’s foreign policy may or may not be independent. What is certain is that it is not effective or imaginative. 9 September 2006The Hindu India and the … Continue reading
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