{This article first appeared on Policy Research Group web site, poreg.org} Washington does not seem to be `too serious’ to enforce these sanctions. This is clear from the `loopholes’ in the relevant laws, which appear as a deliberate act of realpolitik factoring in the limitations of American long arm in reining in countries like...
By Malladi Rama Rao Myanmar goes to polls on November 7 to elect its new law makers and new government, according to the brief announcement carried on the state radio and TV on Friday, Aug 13. The junta describes the one-day ballot as the final step in the roadmap to democracy, which is a...
Title:Perspectives Vol-I Author: Paul Brunton Pages-392; Price Rs.395 New Age Books, Naraina Phase-1 New Delhi- 110028 (India) Reviewer: M Rama Rao Paul Brunton needs no introduction. The world knows him as the British journalist turned spiritual seeker who had introduced the sage of Tiruvannamalai, Shri Ramana Maharshi to the West. And he unreservedly subscribed...
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia sees the unrest in ready garment sector as a sabotage of Bangladesh economy by a foreign country, a euphemism for India.But government views the trouble as the handiwork of ‘foreigners’ who are on a tourist visa and are involved with trade unions and...
Muslims of the Indian subcontinent mostly follow the Chisti, Naqshbandi, Qadri and Suharwardi Orders. Headquartered at Ajmer, the Chishti Order, with its inclusive traditions, remains the most popular. The legend of Khwaja Moinuddin presents an exemplary life demonstrating the pluralistic and accommodative spirit of Islam as understood by the Sufis, whose teachings have become...
By Barry Grey Stock markets in Asia, Europe and the US rose sharply Monday as major banks and corporations reported bumper profits despite signs of slowing economic growth. In Europe, stocks rose to a three-month high after the continent’s biggest bank, HSBC, and France’s largest lender, BNP Paribas, reported higher-than-expected earnings. The stocks of...
There are not many in Delhi today who know the story behind the story that had culminated in the Union Carbide’s offer of compensation to the victims of a dangerous gas leak from its plant in Bhopal in the eighties. GVG Krishna Murthy, a former Election Commissioner, is one of the few people who...
