Cash for votesViews:175 | Posted on November 16, 2010Indians may get an idea or two from the coming presidential election in Haiti that has seen clever candidates hoofing it across the seas to the US as part of their campaign.Indian parliamentarians fin..
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Aung San Suu KyiViews:160 | Posted on November 16, 2010Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally walks free.She is entirely right to talk of dialogue with the military junta but the release of this political prisoner, who has spent 15 of the..
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Good riddanceViews:147 | Posted on November 16, 2010It is wholly welcome that the political process has obtained the ouster of A Raja as telecom minister.The Opposition can take legitimate credit for this achievement but should now allow Parliament to ..
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Delicious dealsViews:187 | Posted on November 15, 2010If a vase found in their late parents' attic in England can fetch £43 million for two bemused siblings, there is no telling what the odd painted Chinese plate or jade figurine in the family show..
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Industrial output dataViews:207 | Posted on November 15, 2010The slowdown in industrial production to a 16-month low in September raises some questions about the sustainability of economic recovery, but more about the quality of the data and the propriety of..
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Small steps at SeoulViews:234 | Posted on November 15, 2010IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn's remark that this G20 was more a G20 of debate than a G20 of conclusion does not do justice to what has been achieved at the just-concluded summit in Seou..
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India should stop taking soft loansViews:142 | Posted on November 14, 2010Six years ago, when the NDA launched the India Shining campaign, questions were raised which India was shining?Similarly, when we say now that India has “risen” the same question will aris..
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Getting the arte-facts rightViews:116 | Author:Amitabh Singh | Posted on November 14, 2010I was quite surprised when Rajeev invited me to his home after we finished our regular Sunday walk.Normally he would not let me come within 30 yards of his house ever since I kicked his beloved dog.Th..
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Marching to the same tuneViews:159 | Author:T K Arun | Posted on November 14, 2010We have had an extremely useful G20 summit,said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh briefing journalists on board his special aircraft.The satisfaction of having had all his suggestions accommodated in the ..
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Pious sinners!Views:161 | Posted on November 13, 2010Evelyn De Morgan's 1909 painting The Worship of Mammon portrays a woman at the knees of a faceless beast holding a dark coin pouch.Dressed in wrinkled old clothing, she seems hopeless and distracted, ..
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