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A MANDATE FOR FEDERALISM?

The beginning of June in India saw the beginning of a unique experiment: for the first time in its history, a broad-based 13-party coalition of disparate elements took over the

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 1996

HINDU AND MUSLIM – II

"Hindu and Muslim" is an occasional column which reflects on the Hindu-Muslim schism, its origins and ramifications. The writer of this instalment is a Karachi-based educationist and a

By Abbas Husain

/ 1 Jun 1996

HATE THY NEIGHBOUR

Some of the more promising election-time pitches in the SAARC countries are linked to the matter of 'bad neighbour' rather than domestic issues. In India, the Bharatiya Janata

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 1996

Through the Magic Window Television and Change in India

by Sevanti Ninan Penguin Books India, New Delhi Since the satellites began bearing down on the Subcontinent, television has displaced many household activities, 'notably sleeping', says the author

By Kanak Mani Dixit

/ 1 Jun 1996

Sex worker myths

How can it be proper that Bombay (its men and economy) takes maximum advantage of poor women driven to prostitution and then dump them as soon as they are seen

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1996

President’s rule

Democracy has been shortchanged with a system of governance which welcomes loud and corrupt and keeps the intelligent and the honest at bay Never in the history of independent India

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1996

What They Said at CII

The timing of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) session on the eve of an election may have ushered a new era as far is acknowledging the role of business

By Sujeev Shakya

/ 1 May 1996

Liberalisation Only in Name

After more than four decades of following the socialist and mixed economy models, India´s political economy entered uncharted waters after the country reached the edge of bankruptcy in 1991.

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 1996

LET’S KEEP IT THAT WAY

The latest flareup regarding the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan has subsided for the moment, but it is not an issue that will go away. The concern this time

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 1996

The Non-Flag Carriers

The internal airways of India, Pakistan and Nepal are in ferment as infant carriers grapple for a toehold in a market that might just expand beyond all expectation. The domestic

By Suman Shakya

/ 1 Apr 1996

It has become fashionable in some puppy (politically upwardly mobile) circles in India to idolise East Asian models of authoritarian capitalism and yearn for discipline and order. But, surely, democracy

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 1996

Guns ‘n’ Rotis

India is not really over-spending on arms, say New Delhi analysts. Besides, the neighbours are belligerent. The obscure district of Purulia in the rural backwaters of West Bengal had its

By Mitu Varma

/ 1 Mar 1996