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It’s going to be a long, expensive, cold war

As the guns fall silent in Kargil, New Delhi is preparing for the awesome and expensive task of permanently manning the previously unguarded and desolate mountainous frontier. More than two

By Rahul Bedi

/ 31 Jul 1999

The Cool-Cab indicator

The Indian economy is on a roll, ask the Bombay taxi driver. Cool Cabs are the electric-blue, air-conditioned taxis that were introduced in Bombay about five years ago. Unfortunately for

By Shantanu Nagpal

/ 30 Jun 1999

YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY

After covering a distance of some 3500 kilometres through the length and breadth of the country, a 'flag march' organised by the youth wing of the ruling Pakistan

By Zaigham Khan

/ 31 Dec 1998

If you liked the bomb, here is the book

India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with Y.R. Rajan Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1998 pp xvi+312, INR 395

By Ajaya Dixit

/ 31 Dec 1998

Morning after

The mood in Pakistan changed swiftly following the nuclear tests, from what was dubbed as "euphoria" into today´s uncertainty and fear, which have escalated as the extent

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 1998

Nepal forgets Tibet

Kathmandu is closer to Beijing than to Lhasa. Till as late as the first decade of this century, the government in Kathmandu paid tribute to the Chinese court. Once every

By Kanak Mani Dixit

/ 31 May 1998

Patience, patience & patience

Unlike other countries, where positioning of your business tends to be much smoother, doing business in India requires "patience, patience and patience", said Roger Mabey, Executive Director of

By Rakesh Shukla

/ 31 Mar 1998

Net profit

Trading activity on the internet – in contrast to information about product and services – is a relatively new development. The major impediment till recently was lack of a reliable and secure

By Mukesh Patel

/ 1 Jan 1998

Tears, but no protests

A strange element in Sri Lanka´s long-drawn civil war, now in its fourteenth year, is that despite the blood that has been shed and the limbs that have been

By The Editors

/ 1 Sep 1997

Look What’s on the other plate

Human Development in South Asia 1997 by Mahbub ul Haq Oxford University Press, Karachi, 1997 ISBN 0 19 577773 5

By Ramesh Shrestha

/ 1 Jul 1997

Doom and gloom

If observers have been concerned about the squabbling parties and the resultant political downturn in Nepal, take a look at its economy. With the financial year coming to a close

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1997

A Mixed Bag for 1997

Sri Lanka's economy in 1996 was pounded by soaring defence spending, power cuts and political unrest. Why, then, are the planners bullish about the coming year. Planners in

By Mohan Samarasinghe

/ 1 Mar 1997