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| Winter words |
| The economic theorist’s cupboard is pretty bare today |
| December is typically the month of conferences in New Delhi, and the global recession did nothing to change the pattern this year. The highlight of the conference season was the one in which two Nobel laureates, Joseph Stiglitz and Edmund Phelps, par... |
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| Smoky scene |
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Sir — The Calcutta High Court had issued an order on July 18, 2008, that all two-stroke autoricksha ... |
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| WASTE BENGAL |
| There is more than a semantic difference between the words government and governance. West Bengal has a government that fails...|
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| GOING TO TOWN |
| The re-conquest of Kilinochchi after a decade marks a decisive moment in the Sri Lankan government’s military offensive again...|
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| When the Time is Right |
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India’s foreign secretary handed over a dossier of the information India has gathered regarding the planning and execution of... | Read.. |
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| No seat belts in Beijing |
| On November 18, 2008, China celebrated the 30th anniversary of the opening up of and reforms in China launched by Deng Xiaoping. It was indeed a celebration of the second grea... |
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| How to win the war against corruption |
| Most interesting news items from China and India in recent times seem to be concerned with corruption. A recent high-profile scandal in China was over milk. During the Beijing... |
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There was a young lady named Bright,/ Whose speed was far faster than light;/ She set out one day/ In a relative way/ And returned on the previous night.— ARTHUR BULLER
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