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Meeting the urban challenge effectively
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| | November 11, 2009, 00:26 IST |
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The only positive change visible in Indian cities indicating that policy and action to meet the urban challenge are moving in the right direction is the significant number of shiny, new low-floor buses funded by the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
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The dreaded L word
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| | October 30, 2009, 00:34 IST |
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My friend who went round the world in pursuit of a successful career with a leading multinational now, after retirement, lives in Dubai largely for tax reasons.
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Sound the food alarm
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| | October 28, 2009, 00:37 IST |
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Pulses getting dangerously close to Rs 100 per kilo, potatoes in West Bengal (a traditional exporter) crossing Rs 20 a kilo, make real the food price inflation that statisticians’ numbers signal.
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Market driven drinking
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| | October 21, 2009, 00:37 IST |
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How a man drinks defines him.
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How to handle negative Chinese vibes
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| | October 14, 2009, 00:00 IST |
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Negative vibes between India and China are growing.
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On the garbage treasure trail
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| | October 07, 2009, 00:31 IST |
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These last few days Mudar and I have been on a treasure hunt.
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A governance structure for IITs
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| | September 30, 2009, 00:32 IST |
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India has been witness to the unedifying spectacle of the teachers’ association of its globally best known educational brand, the IITs, going on strike against their new pay and conditions of work.
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Time hangs lightly
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| | September 23, 2009, 00:18 IST |
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Arun Babu is father-in-law to my niece.
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The way to crack the sugar dilemma
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| | September 16, 2009, 00:36 IST |
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Ethanol from sugarcane is not an option available to water-deficient India.
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The cobweb of wires is clearing
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| | September 09, 2009, 00:45 IST |
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You know how well planned or chance-created and chance-directed a city is from how much of its wires hang out.
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The Great North Indian Desert, circa 2035
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| | September 02, 2009, 00:14 IST |
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India has to change its entire culture of water usage if it is to avoid that eventuality.
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Mother to everybody
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| | August 26, 2009, 00:12 IST |
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The most prized possession in our family is a frayed autograph book, well used by my mother when she was a schoolgirl in the ’30s.
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Trade is good, realises India
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| | August 19, 2009, 00:57 IST |
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Korean hardware prowess and Indian software prowess can result in a formidable partnership.
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A nation in the making
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| | August 12, 2009, 00:53 IST |
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This is a story at two levels, as all good stories are — at a personal and an anecdotal on one hand and an official and ‘history in the making’ on the other.
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Rates need cutting further
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| | August 05, 2009, 00:39 IST |
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Analysts and the media have near-unanimously approved the latest monetary policy update of the Reserve Bank of India which has left key interest rates unchanged, while indicating that its accommodative stance will continue until recovery becomes more robust.
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