Renaming for ‘Namesake’
Does the name-changing madness which is happening in India make any sense? After the recent reports about Karnataka State Government's decision to rename Bangalore...
All in the Family
When Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) politician, Dayanidhi Maran, took oath as Cabinet minister in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance coalition government saying: "I, Dayanidhi...
World’s Worst Industrial Accident
Imagine that you are being woken up from your sound sleep by a feeling of choking and suffocation. Your eyes burn and your instinct...
The Rich Get Richer
The ministerial conference, highest body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Hong Kong from December 13th to 18th achieved almost nothing despite lengthy...
The General’s Fantasies
Pakistan?s President Pervez Musharraf in a recent interview for CNN-IBN suggested that if India demilitarizes the three towns of Srinagar, Kupwara and Baramulla, badly...
Sanitation In India
One of the most unpleasant things about our cities is the spectacle of people defecating in the open. However crude it might seem to...
