Calcutta -The City That Refuses to DieÂ
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…
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TROOPS AT BATTLE STATIONS AS INDIA’S PUNJAB GOES TO THE POLLSÂ
26 November 1989 Reuters News English (c) 1989 Reuters Limited CHANDIGARH, India, Nov 26, Reuters – India’s bloody general election entered its final stage on…
The Opposition-The Games Old Men Play
There is an old Indian parable that says it all: six blind men feel various parts of an elephant’s anatomy, and each one extrapolates, from…
Passing The Buck
Nearly two months after a shocked Parliament was rocked by the Nellie and Gohpur massacres and the bloodbath that had drenched Assam during February’s’ election…
Agriculture – Monsoon Blues
There are times when India looks invincible, bursting with food stocks and blessed with a government that is gungho about its workability. But the rain…