The Human Tragedy
It is a war without end, a no-win situation in which nobody can provide answers to some questions: How long will this go on? Which…
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CALCUTTAĀ -THE CITY THAT REFUSES TO DIEĀ Ā
Nowhere else in India do people engulf you as they do in Calcutta. From the moment you step off your train or plane, and begin…
R. K. NARAYAN-THE MAN FROM MALGUDIĀ
It took me some time to discover Rasipuram Krishna swami Narayan’s house. Yadavagiri, the suburb of Mysore City, where Narayan stays, is an incredibly quiet…
TOURISMĀ – A NEW LOOK AT OLD PLACESĀ Ā
Been away from India for some years? Planning to go back this year, family in tow, for a long vacation?Ā If the answer is ‘Yes’…
Letter From The Editor
The Best of intentions go awry sometimes. That aphorism has struck home at INDIA TODAY where the effort to do a job better and more…
Letter From The Editor
NEWS does not have to scream from the headlines to be news. In fact, it is probably one of the failings of the media that…
CHINA DISCUSSING SIX LOANS WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
18 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 18, Reuter – China is negotiating with the Manila-based Asian Development Bank for…
JAPAN STRUGGLES TO USE ADB TO RECYCLE SURPLUSES
20 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 20, Reuter – Japan’s attempt to use the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to…
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK STILL AWASH WITH FUNDS
20 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 20, Reuter – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is still awash with funds,…
SUITABLE CHINESE PROJECTS HARD TO FIND — ADB HEAD
27 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 27, Reuter – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has found it difficult to…
TAIWAN SAYS ROW OVER NAME CHANGE CONTINUES WITH ADB
27 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 27, Reuter – Taipei has ended a two-year boycott of the Asian Development…
JAPAN-U.S. TUSSLE LIKELY TO DOMINATE ADB MEETING
27 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 27, Reuter – The Asian Development Bank annual meeting starting on Thursday is…
SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS WANT OWN DEVELOPMENT BANK
28 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 28, Reuter – South Pacific island nations want to form a new regional…
AQUINO SAYS ADB LEADERSHIP SHOULD REMAIN ASIAN
28 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 28, Reuter – The Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting opened with a call…
ADB COMES UNDER FIRE FOR LENDING POLICIES
29 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 29, Reuter – The Asian Development Bank’s lending policies came under fire at…
TAIWAN CONTINUES PROTEST OVER NAME CHANGE AT ADB MEETING
29 April 1988Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1988 Reuters LimitedĀ MANILA, April 29, Reuter – Taiwan delegates to the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting continued…
INTERVIEW-Kashmir might spark N-war – separatist
7 August 1998 Reuters News English (C) 1998 Reuters Limited SRINAGAR, India, Aug 7 (Reuters) – India and Pakistan could wage nuclear war over the…
Indian soldier caught in grinding Kashmir strife
9 August 1998 Reuters News English (c) 1998 Reuters Limited BARAMULLA, India, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Mahendra Kumar is a typical “sepoy”, the lowest rank…
Hosokawa has finalĀ fleeting moment among blossoms
20 April 1994 Reuters News EnglishĀ (c) 1994 Reuters LimitedĀ TOKYO, April 20 (Reuter) – “Blossoms in the air; unable to stay longer; and still…
Asia satellite TV successes prompt local response
28 December 1992Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1992 Reuters LimitedĀ TOKYO, Dec 28, Reuter – Satellite and cable television is approaching rice status as a…
Satellite TV no pie in the sky in Asian megamarket
28 December 1992Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1992 Reuters LimitedĀ TOKYO, Dec 28, Reuter – Satellite and cable television is approaching the status of rice…
The awesome explosion of Asia’s airwaves As viewers tune in to the cornucopia, someĀ governments worry about foreign encroachmentĀ
29 December 1992Ā The Globe and MailĀ C3Ā EnglishĀ All material copyright Thomson Canada Limited or its licensors. All rights reserved.Ā TokyoĀ SATELLITE and cable…
Satellite and cable TV catching on fast in AsiaĀ
4 January 1993Ā Straits TimesĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1993 Singapore Press Holdings LimitedĀ Some govts feel threatened by foreign encroachment on airwavesĀ TOKYO – Satellite and…
INTERVIEW-ADB chief not pessimistic over Yamaichi
24 November 1997Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1997 Reuters LimitedĀ NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (Reuters) – The collapse of Yamaichi Securities could signal the end…
ASIA 2020 – Malthusian meltdown? The odds are even
27 November 1997Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1997 Reuters LimitedĀ NEW DELHI, Nov 27 (Reuters) – “May you be the mother of a hundred sons.”…
‘Our Way Of Lifeā
Weāre a long way from solving Britainās race riddle QUITE A few of my trips to London have been shadowed by death, or the portent…
CALCUTTA IS FOEVER
Thirty years ago, a dishevelled man leaned across and shouted at me in the smoke-filled, raucous Olympia bar on Calcutta’s Park Street: “Calcutta is forever!”…
Not Selling Volumes
It was a browser’s dream come trueĀ kilometres of books that took hold of the bibliophile’s heart-strings and did not stop tugging for hours. For…
BANK THE RESERVE
The Reserve Bank Of INDIA (RBI) IS the best-run company in India: transparent, diligent, accountable, and (ostensibly) inĀdependent. Its official capital is a paltry Rs…
