60 years later, What has India achieved?

So who won the Vande Mataram war? Is it the Congress who once again capitulated to the Muslim mullahs to try and secure their future votes? Is it the mullahs themselves and their staunch followers......

Blog blockade will be lifted in 48 hours

The blocking of blogs hosted by sites such as Blogspot, Typepad and Yahoo! Geocities by Internet Service Providers is likely to be lifted within 48 hours. At least that is what Amitabh Singhal, a......

'Economic isolationism is not the right way'

President George W Bush sayshelooksforward to working with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, whom he is scheduled to meet later this month on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New......

Dilip D'Souza on deflecting public attention

Words flit around the world in these days of Web-enabled war. Lots of words. The ones that really struck me came from John Le Carre, him of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Russia House and a......

Four lessons of change from Tata Communications CEO

Unlike many of his peers in corporate houses, Kumar doesn't have an MBA but says that hardly matters, as he has been lucky to have got great on-the-job experience, such as during his stint in Asia......

Swraj Paul's mantra to fight corruption in India

Corruption in India will never be stamped out unless both giver and the taker are equally exposed to public scrutiny and the rule of law, leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has said. "I have......

Auditor hunt ahead for large firms

If the new Companies Bill becomes law, 10 of the 30 Sensex companies will have to look for new auditors.One of every three companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange's 30-share benchmark, the Sensex,......

Why this will be India's century!

A Carnegie paper estimates India's GDP will grow at 5.9% p.a. till 2050, compared to China's 5.6%, says Jaimini Bhagwati. It is tempting to speculate what the future holds for India a hundred years......

'Rathore can win the gold in 2008'

Australian Russell Mark was among the world's top trap shooters in his prime. Gold medallist at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the double-trap event, Mark won a silver in the same event at Sydney......