Pallavi Aiyar Even as China has become a model that Indias political and business classes look to emulate whether it comes to special economic zones or urban planning, the Chinese until recently were usual
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Sudha Ramachandran A recent media report has pointed out that Muslims have been kept out of some wings of Indias intelligence apparatus. While the thin presence of Muslims in jobs and education is well kno
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Shawn W Crispin For those looking for chinks in Thailands new governments armor, theyll be hard-pressed to find any vulnerability in the military-appointed interim administrations economic stewardship. Six
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Benjamin MaikhoThe famous mind boggling Pink Floyd song Another brick in the wall goes hey teachers leave the kids alone, we dont need no education. Today our kids need education. Education is so important beca
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Dhruba Adhikary The deal reached on Wednesday in Nepal is being described as historic. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who has been leading a coalition government since May, told the Nepali people th
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Brian MurphyThe death threat came on simple white fliers blowing down the streets at dawn. A group calling itself Friends of Muhammad accused a local Palestinian Christian of selling mobile phones carrying offe
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M. Shahid AlamIn a recent interview published in Haaretz, Naftali Tamir, the Israeli ambassador to Australia, articulates a perennial need for white collaborators that has defined the Zionist project since its
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Roni Ben EfratChallengeAmericas entrapment in Iraq creates a vacuum through the Middle East. The way out of that war has become the great question of US politics. Mid-term Congressional elections are due on Nov
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It is good news for the Naga students of Manipur four hill districts that the Nagaland government has decided to allow the students of the four Naga districts to appear for the Class X Examinations to be conduc
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Richard HumtsoeGod knows that acrimony and detestation can cause severe headache; a desire for revenge can cause ulcers.These attitudes hurt other people too. God showed his love for us by setting certain limit
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Manoj JoshiEven as a coalition government reaches the mid-point of its five-year term in India, and its economic growth settles around a handsome 8 per cent, our neighbours — east, west, north and south — a
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Harry de QuettevilleWhen Avigdor Lieberman, a populist Israeli politician frequently compared to Austrias Jörg Haider and Frances Jean-Marie le Pen, proposed to bus thousands of Palestinians to the Dead Sea an
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Minister of education Mr. Imkong Imchens statement that the state government would not remain silent on the affiliation of schools of Naga-dominated areas of Manipur to the Nagaland Board of School Education (N
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Gopal KrishnaKeeping in mind the characteristics of Indian municipal solid waste, a Supreme Court committee had recommended composting and recycling. Still, in our cities and towns, on an average, only 60 per c
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George Monbiot It is a testament to the power of money that Nicholas Sterns report should have swung the argument for drastic action, even before anyone has finished reading it. He appears to have demonstr
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K. RatnayakeTalks between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva last weekend broke up without agreement on any issue, including the convening of another round. The
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Zakie Khate One-day future generation of Nagas will look back at the present times and say that it was one of the darkest periods in the Naga History. They would say that the present time was the most sens
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Aseem ShrivastavaIn an article concerned with the rapid urbanization of India and China, a writer for Londons Financial Times (August 5/6, 2006) points out that Bangalore has become a byword for a catastrophic
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Hartosh Singh BalPeople-to-people contacts between India and Pakistan will mean nothing if commerce does not pick up. An appreciation of Indo-Pakistani prospects requires looking at Punjab-PunjabOnce again, wit
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Ilina SenOn 12 September, a huge rally of indigenous people from more than 15 villages around Dhurli, in Dantewara District of Chhattisgarh, marched to the offices of the district administration in Dantewara to
