Earthy Tales

Or, why India really needs to dig itself out of a mineral hole Last week I was on a flight to Mumbai About two hours…

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Spoil Of Sycophancy

For all those journalists who think they belong to a thankless and poorly-paid profession, there is hope on the horizon. It comes from the latest…

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Not Selling Volumes

It was a browser’s dream come true­ kilometres of books that took hold of the bibliophile’s heart-strings and did not stop tugging for hours. For…

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Too big to fail

Independence Day is a good excuse for some economic chest-thumping. We should be proud that lndia is a free-enterprise democracy. Imagine the world’s burden if…

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