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The Two Faces of India's Democracy

How should one billion Indians, for whom deprivation has become an inescapable way of life, join us in celebrating 75 years of Independence? And where do we go from here? asks Kalyan Singhal.......

India blundered along, exactly as every other country did

Not to say that India couldn't have handled the situation better, but on average, it didn't do anywhere near as badly as the naysayers make it out, argues Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: A health worker......

Magsaysay award for journalist P Sainath

Journalist Palagummi Sainath was announced to be the recipient of the coveted Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts for the year 2007. He is the only......

Let a thousand immigrants bloom

When Rinku Sen (see the image) took the cause of illegal immigrants to the youth panel of America's premier civil rights organizations, some participants were surprised. Sen, an activist for over......

We are in denial, but Bangladeshis are still flooding India's northeast

The local labour force is streaming out of the region looking for jobs in peninsular India, creating a vacuum that makes it easier for the Bangladeshis to fill in, says R N Ravi. Contrary to the......

Do happy people work harder?

Happiness makes people more productive at work, according to a new study. Economists at the University of Warwick, carried out a number of experiments to test the idea that happy employees work......

Drinking helps your career? Maybe, CEOs say

While many were quick to dismiss the findings of a recent study showing that drinkers make more on average than those that abstain from alcohol, a number of CEOs cite a direct connection between......

Lower oil prices will boost global economy: IMF chief

For the United States, low energy prices would help accelerate the economic growth to a 3.5 per cent next year from the October forecast of 3.1 per cent, she said, adding that Europe is also......

5 key lessons about women and work in India

With India poised to become the largest economy in the world by 2030, it cannot afford to leave half of its workforce behind While marginally more women work in India than in Pakistan (27 per cent......

'Rajat Gupta's conviction does not mean the end of the Indian story in America'

‘When the news of Gupta tipping Rajaratnam broke, the Establishment, which he had so carefully cultivated during his 40 years in America, quickly moved to distance itself from him. This is......

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The Two Faces of India's Democracy

India blundered along, exactly as every other country did

Magsaysay award for journalist P Sainath

Let a thousand immigrants bloom

We are in denial, but Bangladeshis are still flooding India's northeast

Do happy people work harder?

Drinking helps your career? Maybe, CEOs say

Lower oil prices will boost global economy: IMF chief

5 key lessons about women and work in India

'Rajat Gupta's conviction does not mean the end of the Indian story in America'

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