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Over 11 months, 376 affected villages in TN have been treated as 'orphans' which the cash-rich NGOs have clamoured to 'adopt'. The 'adopters' sometimes neglect and abuse, and sometimes pamper their 'children'. The NGOs certainly have not proved to be
And none more than the cash-flush NGOs, whose unsupervised enthusiasm is driving too much to some, nothing to others
Writer and UN official on a visit to India as the face of his alma mater, Tufts University
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Over 11 months, 376 affected villages in TN have been treated as 'orphans' which the cash-rich NGOs have clamoured to 'adopt'. The 'adopters' sometimes neglect and abuse, and sometimes pamper their 'children'. The NGOs certainly have not proved to be
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And none more than the cash-flush NGOs, whose unsupervised enthusiasm is driving too much to some, nothing to others
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A homecoming for Indian textiles with 'mystic powers'
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Writer and UN official on a visit to India as the face of his alma mater, Tufts University
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A dacoit is dead; The motor is running; Too many on the job; A blast cell; Rani of Jhansi regiment...and now this.
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It's a busy moth's life for Bombay's nightclubs: buzz, slash 'n burn...and be reborn
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A fit Muslim woman. Call it the Sania Effect but the burqa isn't stopping Lucknow's busy Bis from fighting flab at the gym.
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Bend the ball over social barriers—it's a new, egalitarian approach to football
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A scholar and diplomat, India's first Dalit President gave us an enlightened moral centre
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A 2004 assets affidavit shows ex-K'taka CM S.M. Krishna had invested in Infosys. Did this affect his neutrality?
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Love them or leave them, but Bollywood comedies are going raunchy with a vengeance, overreaching the limits of decorous language and sexuality, and selling the better for it
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If there was any proof needed that Salman is just a star not an actor, watch <i>Kyon Ki....</i>
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Is the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar dam another Narmada in the making? Despite protests, the project is on.
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Did the Indian firms named in Volcker's report know of the bribes being paid to Iraq?
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Most nations, and their politicians, have shown a lukewarm response to the report
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Notwithstanding his integrity, veteran Volcker can be accused of oversight and anomalies in the report. It's a character assassination method he has followed.
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They were already under investigation in connection with an illegal telecom exchange
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Investigators have found discrepancies but crucial evidence is still far away
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Rich, brash, with rich friends and Papa to clear up his mess, Jagat's typical of the brat brigade
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Natwar's only hope was the Left. And they have backed him, despite the earlier Iran brouhaha.
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In the US, they prefer Manmohan at the helm of foreign affairs to Natwar's unpredictability
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The Volcker report claims its first victim. Natwar Singh is stripped off his portfolio. What next?<a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=104 target=_blank> Updates</a>
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You can rail against news channels, protest against 'trial by media', threaten writs and libel suits. Nothing helps. Once the roll starts, it rolls and rolls.
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India Inc did pretty much as expected. But somehow the numbers lack that zing.
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Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's resignation does not signal the end of the UN's Volcker report crisis. It indicates the start of a bigger crisis. ...
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Why is Krishna Sobti mad at Khushwant Singh? And a publisher scared of getting a bullet in the head, literally, from one of his authors...
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Those looking for cogent critiques of Islam should avoid this book at all costs. In fact, I don't think anyone should read it.
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Nostalgia, even for its Hira Mandi, doesn't recapture the vitality Partition robbed this city of