Day: September 6, 2010

"Governance" is a trendy concept today. Governments, corporates, politicians and bureaucrats talk about it passionately. Institutions such as the World Bank have been researching on

India has achieved a relatively high economic growth rate and wants to be a leader among nations. However, her performance in delivering basic services to

Traditional Knowledge Systems are the mother of all sciences and innovation as the primitive people had close ties with their environment, which was not something

"Indian mathematics is practical whereas the European is metaphysical" C K Raju has been arguing passionately through several lectures and books about the uniqueness of

Salvinder Dhillon, continues reflecting on his experiences as an immigrant in the UK and his encounters with historical prejudices. (See the last issue for the

Dear Editor, The 2009 election manifesto (http://www.aicc.org.in/new/home-layout-manifesto.php) of the Congress Party states, "Balance-or the middle path-has always been the hall-mark of the policies of the

Does the peacock leave the hills And play in the meadows? Does the swan shun the lake And seek shallow streams?

S Raghavan transports us to the ancient city of Xi’an in China and a few centuries back in time, when relations between India and China

Maniammai had woken up before the streak of dawn lit up the lower part of the sky. Her husband and two children were still fast

Shivanand Kanavi appreciates a play by Girish Karnad, ‘Tippuvina Kanasugalu’ (Kannada), Manohar Grantha Mala, Dharwad.