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cover story
UPA-II’s first full budget has shown welfarism the door
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religion: fanatics
The Muslim liberal has no one in his corner. Is state policy responsible?
rape victims compensation
Monetary help for rape victims is stuck
poll sutra
My focus today is on M.F. Husain. He is neither a Marathi manoos—though he was born in Pandharpur, Solapur district, Maharashtra—nor is he an Indian anymore.
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diplomacy: west asia
India warms up to the Arab world—vital in itself and in its effects
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policy: languages
Our new realities call for new language skills
language: bengali
Hindi-borne impurities irk Bengali language purists
internet: humour
In the dark cyber alley, satirist gangs poke fun at the passing world
nutrition: millets
The humble grain soars as it enters the red book of healthy diets
ANDHRA PRADESH: AGRICULTURE
A state government helps farmers go organic
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hockey change
How has it come about that the elite has so taken to the hockey World Cup? Mostly a fad, it seems. And patriotism.
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review
Pavan Varma’s inveighing against a baleful colonial influence is rooted in the Hindi sphere’s fragile ego
Swapan Dasgupta on Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution Of Culture And Identity By Pavan K. Varma
review
To see Dharavi as a self-renewing organism that is changing, upgrading its own structure of accommodation, is the great gift of the book.
review
For an anthology that contours the most life-affirming of relationships, this is a cold, bleak book.
Kalpish Ratna on An Endless Winter’s Night: An Anthology Of Mother-Daughter Stories Edited By Ira Raja, and Kay Souter
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Pranab Mukherjee is looking to mend the government’s finances without giving up growth. He might well pull it off.
John Samuel Raja D
Selling small stakes in PSUs brings only small benefits. It is stake sales to strategic partners that make the big difference.
John Samuel Raja D
The pending Bill on land acquisition tries to meet the needs of industry, while protecting landowners. It can do better in both areas.
Sebastian PT
Central agencies are beginning to work in tandem and a solar ecosystem is slowly emerging. But much still remains to be done.
Naren Karunakaran
India’s Competition Commission can do little to combat unfair trade practices. It needs more powers if it is to unearth them and punish violators.
John Samuel Raja D
Financial inclusion is one big reason why the government is considering allowing more banks in.
Rajiv Bhuva
Fiscal deficit budgeted at 5.5 per cent. Direct Tax Code and GST from April 1, 2011, Rs.25,000 crore from disinvestment
With a few measured steps, you could pass your retirement test with flying colours. We explore
Sunil Dhawan
Outlook Money’s recent pension roundtable witnesses experts discussing the way forward for investors
Clifford Alvares
The market isn’t pleased with Bharti Airtel’s most recent plan to expand into Africa. does the reality justify these doubts?
Kumar Gautam
Knowing a foreign language could give your career prospects a booster shot. Here’s how
Joyita Chatterjee
Mobile banking is the latest fad. But people are still suspicious. We clear some Myths
Kavya Balaji
Here's how to Give your house a techno look without spending on electronic gadgets
Priya Harkare
Zac O’Yeah checks out Rajasthan’s latest super-chic retreats. A boy could get used to these, he says.
Outlook Traveller
An indulgent holiday in the wild. Chandrahas Choudhury visits the Banjaar Tola safari lodge.
Chandrahas Choudhury
Rayna Jhaveri discovers a very different kind of Indian train journey.
Rayna Jhaveri
Mridula Gandhi goes golfing in the Indian Ocean
Mridula Gandhi
While it may be reasonable to expect earnings upgrades going forward, the extent of revisions, most probably, is not going to trigger a significant re-rating of stocks
Outlook Profit
Strong revenue growth in enterprise application services and earnings stability could improve valuations for HCL Technologies
Kripa Mahalingam
Fast-growing demand for high quality rail equipment from ongoing metro rail projects is opening up huge opportunities for Stone India
Pramod Bhat
A track record of poor execution and increasing traction among private players will keep NTPC’s valuations under check
Chief Executive Officer Anil Arjun talks about
how the business has transformed itself and what the future looks like.
Arundhati Bakshi Dighe
US consumer confidence rises to its highest in a year and a half in January, but with unemployment stubbornly high, the optimism may not last long
Indira Vergis
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A letter from NVAO, the UGC equivalent authority for regulation of Higher Education in Belgium clarifies their position on degrees offered by IMI, Belgium to IIPM students.
Careers360 visited B-Schools across the country, and used the Input-Process-Output methodology to rank them. See results!
A list of other good B-Schools, which could not be ranked due to lack of data.
Do not rely just on cut-off lists for top colleges. Also check these important parameters before you apply.
Love them or loathe them, B-School rankings have colleges, pollsters and media houses scrambling to conduct, participate in them and publish them. Here's why.
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Mussoorie Diary
In spite of the discomforts of a long road journey, I prefer it to other forms of travel... The romance has gone out of rail travel. And as for flying, there appears to be a general reluctance on the part of planes to take off. Ruskin Bond
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Glitterati
The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news |
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gossip
Polscape
Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas |
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
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Southern Spice
During the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha, both the DMK and AIADMK were on the same page. A miracle when you consider that if Karunanidhi says black, Jayalalitha says white.
Pushpa Iyengar
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Tribute
Nanaji Deshmukh
For him, politics was not an end in itself, he made it meaningful. When he stepped into Chitrakoot, he was was already 75 years old. In a brief period he demonstrated the viability of a self-reliant village community.
Upamanyu Hazarika
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State Snippets
Why the Maoist leader Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji declared that he would like musician and member of parliament, Kabir Suman, to be one of the mediators...
Dola Mitra
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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From The Blogs
Had my friend not pointed out, I would have never guessed that this was Sridevi, that stunner, the idol of lakhs of Indian cinefans like me who were crazy for her dropdead appeal...
Shefalee Vasudev
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Opinion
The Women’s Reservation Bill, in its present form, has serious, indeed fatal, flaws. If enacted, this measure will send our already tottering political system into a devastating tailspin.
Madhu Purnima Kishwar
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For The Record
This open letter to Sharad Yadav was published on June 16, 1997. It remains as relevant today in pointing out how the Yadavs' opposition in the name of caste is a mere bogey. There are far more serious issues at stake.
Madhu Purnima Kishwar
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View From The UK
The battle over climate change suggests that the more clearly you spell the problem out, the more you turn people away. If they don’t want to know, nothing and no one will reach them. There goes my life’s work.
George Monbiot
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| Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
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From The Blogs
There was no Hemlock, no Socratic debate, just a whipped vote --but after disruptive MPs had been bodily lifted and thrown out
Sundeep Dougal
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From The Wires
14 long years after it was first sought to be introduced in Lok Sabha, the upper house passes the Constitution amendment bill reserving one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and Assemblies
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Indo-Australia
No single factor explains the sudden strain between two liberal democracies that share a common past as British colonies, reopening the question whether India will emerge as a natural ally of fellow English-speaking democracies
Sadanand Dhume
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A Chennai Journal
The audience astonished me no less than the play [ The Blue Mug]. I have been used to seeing bespectacled white heads fill the Music Academy's theatre in Chennai... But this evening was different...
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
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Tibet
The Chinese are less tense and more relaxed as Tibet and Tibetans observe the second anniversary of the uprising of March 10, 2008
B. Raman
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International Women's Day
' Our country rightly is proud of its democracy and its diversity. We must make sure that everyone has the chance to succeed, whatever their caste, gender or background.'
Ela Bhatt
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First Person
One of the first questions I am asked by Afghans is: Am I a Hindustani or a Pakistani? And when I respond, the smile and welcome I get overwhelms me... Friday, 26 Feb was the first time I felt unsafe here, exposed because of my nationality...
Jasveen Ahluwalia
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Comment
There is no reason to believe that the Lahore attack might have been connected with Gadahn's claimed capture, but retaliatory attacks in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore are likely if it turns out that he has in fact been captured.
B. Raman
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Opinion
The Chinese Government has quietly put Google and President Barack Obama in their place.
B. Raman
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| Saturday, March 06, 2010 |
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From The Blogs
'...the battle over Husain has now become the battle of the stereotypes. It is Hindu fundamentalists vs secular fundamentalists. Both twist facts, make absurd statements and overstate their case'
Sundeep Dougal
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| Friday, March 05, 2010 |
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opinion
Despite 60 rounds of talks with the NSCN (IM), the stalemate continues. The GoI needs to institutionalise an inclusive conflict resolution mechanism involving other Naga actors like the NSCN (K), the NNC and the Naga Hoho.
Namrata Goswami
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Opinion
Reeling from a spate of violence against Indian students, Australia, where racism now is a dirty word, has engaged in soul searching and the outcome might be a blessing in disguise.
Robin Jeffrey
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