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A dangerous doctrine
THE FINANCE MINISTER, Jaswant Singh, is treading dangerous ground in endorsing the doctrine of pre-emption that is being articulated by the U. S. President, George W. Bush, and his senior officials. He is quite mistaken in claiming a right for ...
Lack of concern
THE 2002 ANNUAL meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will be remembered more for what the world's Finance Ministers and central bank governors did not address than for the issues they discussed and the decisions they ...


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Gandhi's altruistic individualism
By T. N. Madan

Gandhi was neither an uncritical traditionalist nor a dogmatic opponent of all aspects of modernity. The way he drew upon tradition in formulating his worldview was creative and owed much to his exposure to western values and institutions.
Does anyone believe in the free market?
By Arvind Sivaramakrishnan

The free market, far from delivering us to utopia, begins to look like one of the biggest confidence tricks ever pulled.


News Analysis
Making power reforms apolitical, safe option
By V. Jayanth

CHENNAI, OCT. 1. The State Electricity Regulatory Commission has taken the first step in issuing a public notice for revision of tariff for various categories of consumers. It has now to go through the motions of a public hearing and then notify ...
A test case for global war against terrorism
By Mukund Padmanabhan

India is justified in regarding the return of Abu Salem as a test case for the global commitment to fight terrorism. While Salem's deportation is a decision to be taken by Portugal, India is not wrong in believing that diplomatic persuasion by ...


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  • Surrender of Sharma
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