The UPA itself will have to make the 'hard' cuts if it's to deliver on its promises

For reforms to trickle down to villages, we have to change our delivery systems.

They may go soft on the UPA—to keep the BJP at bay

Suddenly, there's a lot of interest in the Kelkar Committee's tax proposals. But will the UPA have the political will to implement them in Budget 2004?

Development expert Jeffrey Sachs, 50, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University as well as of the UNDP-supported Millennium Project and special advisor to UN secretary-general Kofi Annan on the millennium development goals, was in Delhi

This time Chidambaram's right hand will have to keep a close eye on his left. Updates

Down the shutters; Starting a countdown; Castle intrigue; The fund raiser; If Atal's a mian, what is a Modi?

Depositions before the Nanavati Commission suggest that Godhra wasn't the premeditated act it was made out to be. It exposes the lie of February 27, 2002, but what is its truth?

An assassination plot, a highway blowout, a dead college girl. What was she doing there? What really happened on the morning of June 15 in Ahmedabad? Updates

Ashis Nandy's foundational assumptions on secularism are flawed, uninformed

An expert body to monitor the CMP, but what is the extent of its powers?

The 'tallest leader' is a shadow of his former self, with few takers for his views Updates

With the UPA in power, Israel is suddenly unsure of its relations with India

From flashpoint to stability—nuclear dialogue enters an ambiguous, nuanced phase of positive bilateralism Updates

They have their gods, their weddings, their businesses. These Hindus just happen to be living in Pakistan.

It's a global scrimmage. If the militia don't get you, malaria will....

Uttaranchal villagers learn to harness an existing resource to light up their lives

Greek Myths In Movies, Culture Vulture, Amitav Ghosh and Dolly Grip

A little late in the day, but desi Birbals are coming into their own in a world of Mickeys and Popeyes

Former actress, wife of corporate czar Anil Ambani, on Harmony, her new initiative for senior citizens

The Weekenders: Adventures in Calcutta; a one-year fellowship of Rs 50,000 a month; the last mail to arrive from Dom Moraes was on June 23. No, it wasn't his ghost...

What is the future of the Congress government? One view is the government will last five years. During this period Rahul Gandhi will become the nation's ...

It's India's secret malady—osteoporosis—that bothers him. Or rather, the elitism of its cure.

Diasppointing. Clinton gives us a tell-little memoir, replete with his hallmark evasiveness.

Lakshya is not hysterical like LoC, the killings are largely matter-of-fact than melodramatic and the capture of peak 5179 is as much a Cliffhangar adventure as it is about being an Indian.

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