Who ´won´ and who ´lost´ in December´s Indo-Bangla agreement on sharing the waters of the Ganga? The answer is hard to find in the complicated calculations that appear to have gone into the treaty. However, we will know soon enough, as the driest months up ahead reduce the river´s flow at Farakka´s
The Indian Administrative Service remains an imperial institution which has failed to endear itself to the people. It is not indispensable. A momentous shift has been taking place in India
Wake up India! It is time to break the fast with Kellogs cornflakes, toast made from Premium Harvest Gold Bread spread with Suncrest Margarine and Good Earth Marmalade, and wash
A respected member of the Sri Lankan Parliament, known for his professional and intellectual attributes and widely regarded as a moderate, recently told a journalist in private conversation that the
From the ramparts of the Red Fort in old Delhi, Prime Minister D.W. Deve Gowda announced the Centre's support for the creation of an Uttarakhand state, to
Two uncomfortable border problems have come up for discussion between India and Nepal: one in Nepal's southeastern tip in the Tarai plains and the other diagonally across, in
Bollywood, as even its most ardent admirers will admit, definitely has a touch of the bizarre. Exaggerated portrayals of personalities are the norm rather than the exception. But what if
Within India, the image of the United Front government in New Delhi might have begun to tarnish after an all-too-brief honeymoon with the media. But, were a poll to be
The political abuse of history in India and Pakistan is fostering entire generations that are conditioned to regard each other as the enemy.
India´s Evil Designs Against Pakistan."
