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Basking in the glory, deservedly
If the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad broke with tradition to invite a politician to deliver a special lecture, it was not without good reason. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has brought about a wholesale transformation of the Indian ...

Reforming in parts
The attempts by India and a number of other developing countries to reform the opaque governance system of the International Monetary Fund, though not wholly successful for now, may not be in vain. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's articulation ...

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The Pope and the debate on Islam
By Hasan Suroor

The question that arises is whether this is the way to conduct an argument. Both sides need to raise their game if they are truly interested in a serious dialogue, and not in scoring points.

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A mission lost in petty politicking
By N. Ram and N. Murali

In a de-regulated media environment, manipulative power games are proving to be the undoing of the Indian Newspaper Society.

In Nepal, time to check the dangerous drift
By Siddharth Varadarajan

The road map for the formation of an interim government with Maoist participation is more or less in place. But powerful forces are intervening to derail the process.

Is modern life making children unhappy?
By Libby Brooks

A look into how adults can support children's own efforts to cope with the real challenges of modern life.

Corrections and clarifications
The sentence in "Madhu Koda to lead UPA Government" (September 15, 2006, page 1) was: "The selection of Mr. Koda as Chief Minister-designate by the UPA has created history as it is for the first time in the country that an independent MLA has ...

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