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With winter approaching fast, one of
the most enthralling experiences of
being in Washington DC in September is
the staggering beauty of the
golden-red leaves shining in the
morning sun, before . . . .
Autumn In Washington
With the approach of winter, one of
the most enthralling experiences of
being in Washington DC in September is
the staggering beauty of the
golden-red leaves shining in the
morning sun before, to quote American
crooner Nat King Cole, "the autumn . .
. .
Indian Activist Denied U.K. Visa
A left-wing Indian activist has been
refused visa by the British High
Commission in
New Delhi
to attend a conference to be held here
on Saturday to mark the 150th
anniversary of the 1857 revolt against
the British raj.
Diana Inquest Begins Amid Controversy
The now-on-now-off inquest into the
deaths of Princess Diana and her boy
friend Dodi Fayed finally, began here
on Tuesday amid a dispute over Dodi’s
father Mohammed al-Fayed’s demand for
members of the Royal Family, including
the Queen . . . . .
Agriculture: Where India And China
Stand
How did
China
manage to outstrip India in
agriculture when the two countries ere
more or less on a par on most
parameters 25 years ago?
The General And The Jihadi
With Osama bin Laden now demanding his
head, Musharraf must be wondering how
the world has changed since 1999. . .
. .
India Needs A Stable Burma
It's an awkward time to be presiding
over neighbourhood relations. Writing
in Saturday's Guardian, Aung Zaw, a
Burmese exile and Editor of the
Thailand-based Irrawady magazine,
proffered a view that is certain to
make Indians squirm.
Incredibly Simple Solutions
This week’s column is inspired by
three things: the Clinton Global
Initiative’s redefinition of the fight
against poverty. . . . . .
Revisiting Punjab’s Secret Search For
Peace
New facts emerge on the Chandra
Shekhar government’s covert peace
negotiations with Khalistan terror
groups.
Snap Polls In November?
November 1 and November 8 were on
Sunday being touted as the likely
dates for a snap election, as pressure
mounted on Prime Minister Gordon Brown
to take the plunge following a string
of new opinion polls giving Labour
Party a whopping . . . . .
Democracy Without Depth
Even the best of democracies decay
when rulers lose touch with the
people. The media and the intelligence
agencies provide information, not
contact.
Rules Drawn For Diana Jury
Anyone even remotely connected with
the royal family, Mohammed al-Fayed
and his businesses or the security
services will be barred from sitting
on the jury for the inquest into the
deaths of Princess Diana and her boy
friend Dodi Fayed in a . . . . .
Exercising Sovereignty
The debate on the nuclear deal in the
country throws light on how poorly
certain sections of the Indian elite
have developed a sense of national
sovereignty during the last 60 years
of Independence.
Explaining India's Silence Over Burma
India has been slow to break its silence over street
protests across
Burma
this month even though it has strong
geographical, political and strategic
links with its eastern neighbour.
It’s The Season For Political
Cross-Dressing
We’re all familiar with the idea of
strange bedfellows in politics. But
political cross-dressers? They are a
new breed, and if you haven’t heard of
them welcome to
Britain
where, suddenly, they are all the
rage.
India Job Scheme 'Disappointing'
India's most ambitious scheme ever to
lift people out of poverty has met
with largely disappointing results in
its first year, studies suggest.
Brown Copied Speech?
It was Gordon Brown’s first speech to
a Labour Party conference as Prime
Minister and he got a standing ovation
when he delivered it on Monday but now
it turns out (or so it is alleged)
that it was “rehashed” from old
speeches of the former . . .
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