Special Report
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Fault Lines India, A Lens View
The camera bears witness to the fault lines in our republic
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Examination: State Of The Nation Survey
The country is ready for a change in leadership but still reposes faith in the UPA. It is perhaps the TINA factor
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Rejuvenation: Rajasthan Patrika Gets Politicians to Behave
Rajasthan Patrika's novel effort is slowly making legislators more accountable
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Alienation: Business In the Red Corridor
A Jharkhand village lies trapped between the state and the Maoists
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Rumination: Gains of Growth in India
Tribal and farmer protests are often a clamour for participation in India's growth
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12 Big Debates That Define Our Times, Settled
Complex debates that define our society analysed and resloved by the keenest thought leaders of our time
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Madhu Kishwar: Urbanisation And Poor
The United Nations estimates that more than 40 percent of India’s population will be living in urban areas by 2030, making it the fastest urbanising country in the world. As cities encroach upon the countryside, rural areas are facing a dearth of talent and labour. The people who migrate to urban centres, meanwhile, lead a miserable existence on the margins
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Rama Bijapurkar: The Whole Six Yards
Many countries like China and Japan underwent a social engineering before they became economic powers. Those nations now have largely homogenous populations and cultures. India, however, abounds in diverse, often conflicting, populations and cultures. But there seems to be a convergence of aspiration among its people. Only the ways to achieve the goals differ
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A. Damodaran: The Despair of The Ganges
The Ganges has sustained a civilisation, including the world’s oldest continuously populated city of Varanasi. It has now become the victim of the same civilisation that bloomed in its bosom. In many ways, the majestic Ganga symbolises one of the biggest conflicts of our times — protecting the environment and biodiversity without compromising growth, development and economic progress
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Free Enterprise Vs. Regulation
Raghuram Rajan had seen the impact of over-regulation in an underachieving economy. Years later, he also saw the perils of under-regulation as championed during the Alan Greenspan era. The Eric J. Gleacher, Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business discusses the question of achieving the right mix of free enterprise and sensible regulation
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Vijay Govindarajan: Jugaad - A Model for Innovation
It is a word that has travelled from India’s hinterlands to the management lexicon. Meet Jugaad, the innovative workaround to complex problems. The problem arises when people start looking at it as a permanent solution