Angus Maddison

Rediff.com » News » Angus Maddison

News for Angus Maddison

News
Business
Sports

Lost in translation

There are three kinds of people who react to a speech: those who support the speaker, those who oppose the speaker, and those who actually bother to find out what the speaker said. Sadly, the third......

'No proof of Tamil script in Indus civilization'

President Pratibha Patil presented the 'Kalaignar M Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award' to Professor Arko Parpola, Professor-Emeritus of Indology, Institute of World Cultures, University of......

Reservations: The economic factor

Rajeev Srinivasan argued how reservations fracture Hindu society in the first of his two-part column. Here he blames poor economic growth for the demand for reservations:. Now to the other......

Standing up to America with buyer power

Part I: Fumbling away our advantagesBy appearing to cave into American strong-arm tactics regarding Iran, India lost a great opportunity to signal buyer power to the US. When the non-proliferation......

Why is the South doing well?

The four southern states -- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu -- now lead the country in a number of indices, including education. It is telling that the four traditional......

Income of Indians will double faster than...

Until recently, average incomes in advanced countries were increasing at much faster rates than in the rest of the world. But now the cycle has turned. Average incomes of those working in the......

Indian incomes rose during British rule

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address on accepting an honorary degree at Oxford has been castigated by both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left for praising the British Raj.Whilst the......

COLUMN: Has the time for India to lead come?

For starters given a declining West, it is indeed unwise on our part to depend on it for any matter whatsoever for our growth, writes M R Venkatesh. The events of the past few years at the global......

2036 Olympics: Coming Out Party For India

If Ahmedabad is India's preferred candidate, as seems likely, hosting Olympics 2036 should give it a leg up: A bigger airport, a better metro network, more hotels, flyovers and so on, observes T N......

EPL PIX: Man City close in on title; Chelsea win

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday night. IMAGE: Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne put the game to bed with a hat-trick in a devastating 18-minute spell in the first......

PIX: Leicester score record English top-flight away win

It is the first time a team scored nine away goals in the Premier League and equalled Manchester United's record 9-0 Premier League win achieved at home to Ipswich Town in 1995. IMAGE: Jamie Vardy......

PIX: Man City survive Leicester rally; Spurs score

Images from Sunday's Premier League action. IMAGE: Kevin De Bruyne celebrates with Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Guendogan and teammates after scoring Manchester City's first goal during the Premier......

Rediff News