Telegraph Freeing our heros
Rabindranath Tagore’s appeal is universal, but he has been reduced to a figure of merely parochial significance. The Bengalis as a whole who have shut Tagore off from the wider world, writes RAMACHANDRA GUHA
Deccan Herald A cold wind from the Caucasus
Neocons in the US want Russia broken up. It is in India’s interest to oppose such an eventuality, says N MADHAVAN
Pioneer Betrayal by the middle classes
One mostly hears nice things about India's middle classes which, totalling between 300 to 350 million people, constitute one of the world's largest consumer segments. Their members are supposed to be smart, educated, innovative, enterprising, talented and hard working, but they are also selfish and corrupt, says HIRANMAY KARLEKAR
Deccan Herald The brighter side of stalemate
After over half a century of talks on Kashmir, Pakistan came up with the first original idea a few weeks ago. With the talks stalemated for quite some time by each side rejecting the other’s demands for a settlement, Pakistan floated the idea that in future neither side should demand anything which it knew would not be acceptable to the other side, reports PRAN CHOPRA
Water and river management
in South Asia Given China's disastrous environmental record, India should join an Asian alliance to pressure its big neighbour into behaving more responsibly, says
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