Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:26:52 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/Outlook India© Outlook Publishing. All Rights Reserved.5The 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. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264628Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264628The 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.http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264629Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264629Wen’s speech makes it clear that he has ruled out Western-style liberal democracy. There will be greater freedom to criticize government’s policies and performance, but not political dissidence. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264630Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264630This 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.http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264631Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264631No 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 democracieshttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264623Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264623The 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...http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264624Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264624The Chinese are less tense and more relaxed as Tibet and Tibetans observe the second anniversary of the uprising of March 10, 2008 http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264625Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264625One 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...http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264615Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264615' 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.'http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264616Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264616The Chinese Government has quietly put Google and President Barack Obama in their place.http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264617Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264617