In the headlong rush to embrace market-friendly solutions, our governments are letting go of their responsibilities for public health. The Health for All slogan is but an embarrassing reminder of
There is a clear danger of alienating the spirit of consensus on which the success of a larger South Asian free trade area will depend.
It is no surprise that
Three books on behalf of those waylaid by certain notions of progress, which see it as the monopoly sector of the state and the playground of the market.
(The Dispossessed:
South Asia's nation-state approach to identity has spawned an introverted polity that clips history to suit short-sighted nationalism. It ignores other ethno-linguistic and religious tapestries that define South
Hope for regional coperation springd not from the state but from the independent non governmentel sector,which seeks to protect theweak from the strong all over. what is required, above
A Citizen's Guide to the Globalisation of Finance
by Kavaljit Singh
Zed Books, London, 1999
pp xt+187, INR 120
It is a tricky, intricately structured dance that the Indian woman does on the screen—one fluid step forward and two lurching steps backward—and one that has remained the
Politics, economics and culture determine what South Asians see on their computer screens.
Of South Asia's 1.3 billion citizens, 96 percent are currently excluded from using the
