India relives midnight “tryst with destiny”
14 August 1997Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1997 Reuters LimitedĀ NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (Reuters) – India’s leaders gathered in their parliament’s majestic Central Hall…
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India celebrates half-century of independenceĀ
15 August 1997Ā 08:15Ā Reuters NewsĀ EnglishĀ (c) 1997 Reuters LimitedĀ NEW DELHI, Aug 15 (Reuters) – India put on a dazzling show of fireworks,…
‘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…
Interview with Ursula Burns
“I use the word ‘blue collar’ purposefully at Xerox. It is the heart and soul of most economies” URSULA BURNS is the first African-American woman…
The Dauphin and the Figurehead
Timing is everything, and with a number of state elections soon, leading to the general election next year, cynicism and opportunism are manifest. The Congress-led…
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…
Off the Blocks
For the second time in five years, I was struck by how apposite Rud-yard Kiplingās poem āIfā is in relation to Narendra Modi. At one…