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Beyond Ritualism 18 Aug 2013 | 11:39 am
We are approaching yet another Independence Day in three days time—our sixtyseventh. Once again the Prime Minister will deliver his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort in the mo...
Towards New Horizons 18 Aug 2013 | 11:36 am
From N.C.'s Writings The remembrance of the day when the sun set on the British Raj in this land of ours is more than a mere ritual to be gone through year after year. No doubt it is the day when one...
The Partition Story 18 Aug 2013 | 11:33 am
Partition of the Indian subcontinent is 66 years' old. On August 14, 1947, the states of India and Pakistan came into being in the wake of division. Even today they have not settled down as neighbours...
Think Big and Act Boldly 18 Aug 2013 | 11:29 am
by N.V.K. Murthy The country will soon be celebrating the 66th anniversary of its freedom. Much has happened since India became independent. Great strides have been made in the realm of industrialisa...
Indian Economy and the Crisis of a Borrowed Development Strategy 18 Aug 2013 | 11:17 am
Introduction: The Current Situation The economic growth rate has been falling continuously while the consumer price inflation, current account deficit in the external sector and fiscal deficit in the...
Why CPI changed its Stand on Telangana's Statehood 18 Aug 2013 | 11:07 am
by S. Sudhakar Reddy The decision on Telangana's Statehood by the core committee of the UPA-II and Congress Working Committee has became a controversy in some circles. The CPI, BJP, NCP, BSP, and nat...
India's Statehood Cauldron: From Simmer to Boil 18 Aug 2013 | 11:03 am
When Dr Manmohan Singh ascends the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort on August 15, 2013 to unfurl the national flag on the 67th Independence Day of the country, he would be announcing the creation of th...
We can do with Structured New States, but not Ad-hoc Partitions of India 18 Aug 2013 | 10:59 am
IMPRESSIONS The usual doublespeak accompanied the Congress party's green signal to Telangana. The party's entire rank-and-file in Andhra was “solidly behind the decision”, they said. The decision was...
Look beyond Hyderabad for the Growth of Telangana 18 Aug 2013 | 10:36 am
Telangana is set to become the 29th State of India. After much dilly-dallying the Congress Party finally approved the formation of Telangana State but before that there was a lot of heart-burn among t...
Natural Disasters: Lessons from Uttarakhand 18 Aug 2013 | 10:32 am
by Saumitra Mohan The recent cloudburst in Uttarakhand and subsequent natural disaster in the form of massive inundation should make many of us sit up and take notice. It is true that notwithstanding...
