Asia Times Lessons learned from India's bandit king
The killing of India's most notorious bandit, Veerappan, has thrust the tales of his gruesome murders - and popularity as a modern-day "Robin Hood" - into the spotlight. But Veerappan was also the symptom of a deeper disease, one that exists in any society where the state is seen as the aggressor and not a
protector, writes SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA
Indian Express Captain America
Some questions for Indians. Over the past three years, has Bush made Pakistan less of a problem or more? Is Bush’s resolve to defang jihad good for India or bad?
By ASHOK MALIK
Pioneer Animal experiments: Nazi parallel
The report of the Ministry of Environment and Forests' Consultative Group on Review of the Norms and Practices for Regulation of Animal Experimentation, raises basic questions about science and
morality, writes HIRANMAY KARLEKAR
Outlook Make
them pay
It is only when the states -- and individual officers of the state -- directly feel the financial pinch of their dereliction that they will begin to take responsibility for the unending
violence, says KPS GILL
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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