Category: Cover Story
Migrant workers from India are going to be hit real hard by the Dubai debacle
Sumiran Preet Kaur Delhi
The Dubai bust should hold a lesson for all our leaders. Money doesn’t grow in deserts. You can only build an economy the old fashioned way. That is, by saving and investing in industrialisation
Mohan Guruswamy Dubai
If Abu Dhabi and the West do not refuel Dubai, the big casualty would be millions of workers from South Asia who see this desert city state as a profitable getaway
PN Gupta Dubai
The UAE’s best laid plans, however, could come under pressure if Dubai’s debt proves to be heavier than it is being made out to be
Sanjay Kapoor Dubai
The Maoist problem needs to be handled with a combination of armed operation followed immediately by large scale development work in the ravaged areas. Corruption needs to be weeded out with an iron hand
Rakhi Chakrabarty Delhi
Instead of clichéd nationalism and official discourse, the people of Nepal and India can creatively redefine their relations
Anil Bhattarai Kathmandu/Toronto
India seems to be left out in the cold due to strategic confusion and lack of foresight among its security managers on Af-Pak policy
Zorawar Daulet Singh Delhi
What implications can China’s military modernisation and strategic manoeuvers have on South Asia and the world?
Jayadeva Ranade Delhi
Or is it that billionaire celebrities and overnight ad-icons help us hide the transparent truth that we are basically a battered nation of infinite, all-round failures...
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Any history student would tell you that Gandhi was pro-British. He even fought wars for British against the locals in South Africa. When he came...
Kartikeya, Could you please do me a favour: could you read this article with an open mind without being emotional about it? See the gulf between...
I find it unfair that people dubbed MS Dhoni as the man with the Midas touch to begin with. Dhoni’s captaincy is different from other captains. As...
It’s brilliantly written and a horribly honest account. Almost every Muslim faces such situations and more so when the person is a Kashmiri.
...It is clear that we cannot stop with one test which yielded low results, even if the thermonuclear (TN) device (H bomb) worked. We need to test...
I’m unable to understand the justification of the last line of Sadiq Naqvi’s report which provides the number of people killed in the Naxal...
The story gives us the true picture of the condition of domestic helps for whom growth rate has little meaning. Their struggle for social equality...