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The Hindu : News / National : Manmohan's concern over decline in quality of maths teachers

2011-12-27T09:15:00.000+05:30

The Hindu : News / National : Manmohan's concern over decline in quality of maths teachers

Indo US Nuclear Deal by Deepak Basu

2011-12-22T20:14:00.001+05:30

2011-12-16T09:05:00.001+05:30

KONTHAI PAKISTANS DOUBLE SPEAK

2011-12-10T11:20:00.000+05:30

KONTHAI-INDO-US>NUCLEAR DEAL

2011-12-07T19:51:00.001+05:30

Mumbai attack 26/11 Remembrance

2011-12-01T12:10:00.002+05:30

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People Revolution in India against corrupt, nepotistic, slave, lame duck...

2011-02-23T13:29:00.000+05:30

SATYAM , SIVAM SPECTRUM, SUNDARAM

2010-12-26T23:14:00.046+05:30

Corruption and Corporate Governance in India by Subramanian Swamy " Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Assembly will be empty phrases if their exercise must yield to unreasonable fear " 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Subramanian Swamy is today nationally known and widely respected for his ideological conviction, for his commitment to furthering democracy

THE SUNSET CLUB

2010-12-14T18:17:00.034+05:30

T H E S U N S E T C L U B by KHUSHWANTH SINGH 1. About the Author : Khushwant Singh is India' s best-known writer and columnist. He has been founder editor of Yojana, and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India, the National

FIVE TO RULE THEM ALL

2010-12-03T21:31:00.001+05:30

FIVE TO RULE THEM ALL THE U.N.SECURITY COUNCIL & THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD. by DAVID L.BOSCO 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : David L. Bosco is Assistant Professor in the School of International Service, American University. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a former Senior Editor at Foreign Policy and has been a

MAKERS OF MODERN INDIA

2010-11-28T12:50:00.001+05:30

Makers of Modern India by RAMACHANDRA GUHA 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Ramachandra Guha is a historian and columnist based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale, Stanford, and Oslo, and at the Indian Institute of

DECISION POINTS by George W. BUSH

2010-11-15T21:35:00.002+05:30

D E C I S I ON P O I N T S 1. George Bernard Shaw, a man of great wit and wisdom, once said: "When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication." Readers interested in memoirs as a vehicle for absolution may be disappointed

FIRST DRAFT WITNESS TO THE MAKING OF MODERN INDIA

2010-11-08T19:05:00.012+05:30

First Draft: Witness to the Making of Modern India by B.G.VERGHESE 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : BG Verghese has been with the Centrefor Policy Research since 1986. Hestarted his career in journalism with the Times of India and was later Editor of the Hindustan Times (1969-75) and Indian Express (1982-86). He was

MONSOON-INDIAN OCEAN & FUTURE OF AMERICAN POWER

2010-11-04T07:31:00.001+05:30

M O N S O O N : The INDIAN OCEAN And the Future of American Power by ROBERT D.KAPLAN " The Chinese and Indians are playing a very quiet great game of sorts in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,

INDIA, PAKISTAN and the BOMB

2010-10-29T14:12:00.000+05:30

India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia by Šumit Ganguly and S.Paul Kapur. 1. ABOUT THE AUTHORS : Šumit Ganguly Šumit Ganguly is a professor of political science, holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, and is the director of research at the

CHINAMERICA

2010-10-22T14:56:00.000+05:30

:CHINAMERICA The Uneasy Partnership that Will Change the World McGraw-Hill 2010 ISBN: 0071742425 ________________ HANDEL JONES 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR :Handel Jones is the founder, owner, and CEO of International Business Strategies, Inc., a market and strategy consulting and analysis company whose client list includes IBM, Nokia, Samsung, Sony

Ayushomam&Dussera pics

2010-10-18T19:08:00.000+05:30

STRONG BORDERS : SECURE NATION

2010-10-16T18:53:00.001+05:30

STRONG BORDERS - SECURE NATION CO-OPERATION AND CONFLICT IN CHINA'S TERRITORIAL DISPUTES by M.TAYLOR FRAVEL 1`.ABOUT THE AUTHOR : : M. TAYLOR FRAVEL , is the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science and member of the Security Studies Program at MIT. He studies international relations, with a focus

MILITARY INC :INSIDE PAKISTAN's MILITARY ECONOMY

2010-10-10T20:39:00.012+05:30

MILITARY INC : Inside Pakistan's Military Economy by Dr AYESHA SIDDIQUA 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha is an independent security analyst and author of "Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99 In Search of a Policy "(Palgrave Press, 2001).

OBAMA'S WARS

2010-10-02T22:34:00.003+05:30

OBAMA'S WARS by BOB WOODWARD 1.ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Bob Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is regarded as one of America’s preeminent investigative reporters and non-fiction authors. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter, and is currently an associate editor of the Post. While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Woodward was

THE DEAD HAND : THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE COLD WAR ARMS RACE

2010-09-20T13:07:00.004+05:30

The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman 1.ABOUT THE AUTHOR : David E. Hoffman covered foreign affairs,

SHADOW WAR : THE UNTOLD STORY OF JIHAD IN KASHMIR

2010-09-12T14:19:00.005+05:30

SHADOW WAR : THE UNTOLD STORY OF JIHAD IN KASHMIR by ARIF JAMAL 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A former contributing writer to the New York Times, ARIF JAMAL is currently a fellow at New York University. A leading Pakistani reporter, he has written for the Pakistan Times, The News, and international media such as Radio France International and the Canadian

JAYA- AN ILLUSTRATED RETELLING OF MAHABHARATHA

2010-09-08T14:56:00.002+05:30

JAYA - AN ILLUSTRATED RETELLING OF MAHABHARATHA By DEVDUTT PATNAIK 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik is a medical doctor by education, a leadership consultant by profession, and a mythologist by passion. He has written and lectured extensively on the nature of sacred stories, symbols and rituals and their relevance in modern times. His books

ORGANISATIONS AT WAR-AFGHANISTAN AND BEYOND

2010-08-24T06:50:00.004+05:30

ORGANIZATIONS AT WAR: AFGHANISTAN AND BEYOND by SINNO Abdulkader H. ( Cornell University Press, 2008, 329 pages ) 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : SINNO ABDULKADER H. He received his PhD in political science from UCLA in the summer of 2002, and spent a year as a Fellow at Stanford University's Center for International Security & Cooperation (CISAC). He is currently an

SONGS OF BLOOD AND SWORD

2010-08-18T10:31:00.009+05:30

Shahnawaz, Benazir, Murtaza, Sanam, Nusrat and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in northern Pakistan SONGS OF BLOOD AND SWORD by FATIMA BHUTTO 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Fatima completed her secondary education in Karachi, then went to New York to take a bachelor’s degree (in Middle Eastern studies) at Columbia University, then came to the University of London

DECODING THE NEW TALIBAN

2010-08-14T22:35:00.003+05:30

DECODING THE NEW TALIBAN. INSIGHTS FROM THE AFGHAN FIELD by ANTONIO GIUSTOZZI 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR :Antonio Giustozzi Dr Antonio Giustozzi is a research fellow at the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics and has already authored “Empires of Mud” (C. Hurst. & Co, 2009), “Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan 2002-2007

INDIA CHINA. NEIGHBOURS STRANGERS

2010-08-07T18:33:00.003+05:30

CHINA OR INDIA: These high-rises alongside a partly demolished house might well be in Gurgaon near Delhi,but are in fact in Shanghai INDIA CHINA- -Neighbours Strangers by IRA PANDEY 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ira Pande worked as a university teacher for 15 years, and then as an editor at Seminar, Biblio, Dorling Kindersley and Roli Books

SEASONS OF FLIGHT

2010-08-02T13:08:00.000+05:30

SEASONS OF FLIGHT by Manjushree Thapa 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : MANJUSHREE THAPA divides her time between Kathmandu, where she was born, and Toronto. Her publications include two novels and five non-fiction books including the bestselling Forget Kathmandu: an Elegy for Democracy which was a Lettre Ulysses Award

Sayyid Quttb and the origin of RADICAL ISLAMISM

2010-07-30T22:40:00.003+05:30

Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism by John Calvert . 1) About, the Author, John Calvert John Calvert is Associate Professor of History at Creighton University, USA. His research focuses on social protest and political resistance movements in the modern Middle East; Egyptian nationalism; and the ideological origins of Al Qaeda. He is co-editor and translator of

AMERICAN CAESARS : LIVES OF THE U.S PRESIDENTS

2010-07-25T19:03:00.000+05:30

American Caesars: Lives of the US Presidents from Franklin D Roosevelt to George W Bush. by Nigel Hamilton: 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Nigel Hamilton has published twenty works of biography and history, including Monty, the official 3-volume official biography of World War II general, Field Marshal Montgomery - which won the Whitbread Award for Biography and the Templer Medal for

BEFORE MEMORY FADES BY FALI S . NARIMAN

2010-07-17T20:44:00.020+05:30

REFERENCES-- - BEFORE MEMORY FADES AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY - FALI S.NARIMAN Zoroastrians , or (Parsis) as they are called , as a community have contributed for the welfare of our country in many fields either as Atomic Energy Scientist , (Homi Bhaba ) ,as the

INDIA AND CHINA-THE BATTLE BETWEEN SOFT & HARD POWER

2010-07-12T21:58:00.002+05:30

A flourishing downtown Shanghai in January 2010 INDIA & CHINA THE BATTLE BETWEEN SOFT AND HARD POWER By PREM SHANKAR JHA ABOUT THE AUTHOR : PREM SHANKAR JHA PREM SHANKAR JHA, a noted analyst and commentator, is a former editor of and contributor to The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, The Economic Times and The Financial Express, and a former information advisor to

THE POWERS OF WAR & PEACE:

2010-06-30T12:04:00.006+05:30

THE POWERS OF WAR AND PEACE :THE CONSTITUTION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS AFTER 9/11 "" Can the President of the United States do whatever he likes in wartime without oversight from Congress or the courts? (This year), The issue came to a head as the Bush administration struggled to maintain its aggressive approach to the detention and interrogation of suspected enemy combatants

JOURNEY INTO AMERICA-THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAM

2010-06-17T21:29:00.007+05:30

by AKBAR AHAMEDABOUT THE AUTHOR : Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, or Akbar Ahmed, is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C., the First Distinguished Chair of Middle East and Islamic Studies at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis,[1] and a

FREE FALL : FREE MARKETS & THE SINKING OF THE WOLD ECONOMY

2010-06-12T20:58:00.008+05:30

FREE FALL: FREE MARKETS AND THE SINKING OF THE WORLD ECONOMY by Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz – Nobel Prize Winner in Economics 2001 .... ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Professor Joseph

ROAD RUNNER -AN INDIAN QUEST IN AMERICA

2010-06-09T19:56:00.004+05:30

" Road runner — An Indian Quest in America " by Dilip D’Souza HarperCollins, 2009, pp 331,ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Dilip D'Souza (born January 30, 1960) is a Mumbai-based writer and journalist. He writes about social and political causes, with a far-left

THE LIMITS OF POWER

2010-06-07T13:09:00.011+05:30

THE END OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM By ANDREW J. BACEWICHABOUT THE AUTHOR :Picture of Andrew J. BacevichAndrew J. Bacevich Professor of International Relations and History. (BS, United States Military Academy; MA, PhD, Princeton)

ALL THE SHAH'S MEN

2010-06-03T20:19:00.005+05:30

All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror By Stephen Kinzer .... Cover image for product 047018549XABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has worked in more than fifty countries. He has been New York

ASYMMETRIC WARFARE IN SOUTH ASIA

2010-05-28T18:37:00.010+05:30

Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia " The Causes and Consequences of the Kargil Conflict ". by PETER R. LAVOY 1. ABOUT THE AUTHORS , TABLE OF CONTENTS & FULL DESCRIPTION OF TITLEFull description :The 1999 conflict between India and Pakistan near the town of Kargil in

SUMMITS: SIX MEETINGS THAT SHAPED THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

2010-05-25T15:12:00.007+05:30

by DAVID REYNOLD

THE CULTURE OF POWER AND GOVERNANCE OF PAKISTAN(1947-2008)

2010-05-23T12:11:00.003+05:30

by ILHAN NIAZ ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Ilhan Niaz is an Assistant Professor of History at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. His research specialization is the history of governance in South Asia and his teaching interests include historiography, world history, and Pakistan history. He is the author of An

CURFEWED NIGHT

2010-05-10T18:49:00.002+05:30

By BASHARAT PEER ABOUT THE AUTHOR :Peer by birth a Kashmiri , he continued his education in Aligarh far away from his strife ridden birth place and then moved on to Columbia University to study journalism. Peer started his career as a reporter at Rediff

FROM UNIPOLAR TO TRIPOLAR WORLD

2010-05-06T16:19:00.005+05:30

FROM UNIPOLAR TO TRI POLAR WORLD by ARVIND VIRMANI ABOUT THE AUTHOR : a)Dr. Virmani has been Chief Economic Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance;Principlal Advisor,

LORDS OF FINANCE : BANKERS WHO BROKE THE WORLD

2010-04-15T21:04:00.008+05:30

LORDS OF FINANCE: THE BANKERS WHO BROKE THE WORLD By Liaquat Ahamed Cover Image ABOUT THE AUTHOR :

THEDIFFICULTY OF BEING GOOD -GURUCHARAN DAS

2010-04-04T21:12:00.007+05:30

The Difficulty of Being Good : ON THE SUBTLE ART OF DHARMA by Gurucharan Das 1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : GURUCHARAN DAS is the author of ' The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma (Penguin 2009); India Unbound (2000), a novel, A Fine Family (1990), a book of essays The Elephant Paradigm (2002) and an anthology of plays,

POST HINDU INDIA

2010-03-19T21:34:00.008+05:30

A Discourse On Dalit-Bahujan, Socio-Spiritual And Scientific Revolution By KANCHI ILAIYAH Professor Kancha Ilaiah in New DelhiABOUT THE AUTHOR:Kancha Ilaiah is the chairman of the political science department at Osmania University, a social activist and author.He earned his doctorate degree in political science at the Osmania

THE BRITISH, THE BANDITS & THE BORDER MEN

2010-03-09T15:24:00.007+05:30

THE BRITISH, THE BANDITS AND THE BORDER MEN compiled from the DIARIES and ARTICLES of K.R.RUSTOMJI by P.V.RAJGOPAL * . 2. Literature on the Indian Police of extra=ordinary merit is very rare to find but the book

LOVE WILL FOLLOW :WHY THE INDIAN MARRIAGE ISBURNING

2010-03-05T20:52:00.005+05:30

LOVE WILL FOLLOW : WHY THE INDIAN MARRIAGE IS BURNING by S SHAIFALI SANDHYAlove-will-follow-cover_front.JPG“ 1.)About Dr. Sandhya (AUTHOR)img_00973.jpg . Shaifali Sandhya is the Director of CARE Family Consultation, a boutique

THE GOD MARKET

2010-02-24T11:47:00.004+05:30

THE GOD MARKET: HOW GLOBALIZATION IS MAKING INDIA MORE HINDU by vv MEERA NANDA 1 ) .ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Meera Nanda Meera Nanda is a philosopher of science with initial training in biology and is currently a fellow of the John Templeton Foundation, USA. She is the author of award-winning book, Prophets Facing Backward:

MY LIFE WITH THE TALIBAN

2010-02-13T21:04:00.002+05:30

MY LIFE WITH THE TALIBAN by ABDUL SALAM ZAEEF ABDUL SALAM ZAEEF1. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Abdul Salam Zaeef was born in southern Afghanistan in 1968 and played a role in many of his country's major events. He fought against the Soviets in the 1980s, undertook administrative positions within the Taliban in the

THE LIMITS OF INFLUENCE :AMERICA'S ROLE IN KASHMIR

2010-02-01T21:03:00.001+05:30

THE LIMITS OF INFLUENCE: AMERICA's ROLE IN KASHMIR by HOWARD B. SCHAFFERThe Limits of Influence by Howard B. Schaffer: Book Cover ABOUT THE AUTHOR :1 a) Ambassador Howard B. Schaffer is a retired U.S. Foreign Service officer who spent much of his 36-year career dealing with U.S. relations with South Asia. He

THESTORY OF TWO REVOLTS: INDIA 1857 & AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

2010-01-24T22:05:00.003+05:30

A TALE OF TWO REVOLTS : INDIA 1857 & THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR By RAJMOHAN GANDHIA Tale of Two Revolts : India 1857 and the American Civil War/Rajmohan Gandhi1 ) ABOUT THE AUTHOR :A former parliamentarian in India, Rajmohan Gandhi currently teaches in the USA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Apart from several biographies, his works include

INDIA'sEMERGING NUCLEARPOSTURE.

2010-01-12T13:19:00.001+05:30

______________ India's emerging nuclear posture: between recessed deterrent and ready arsenal By Ashley J. Tellist ... By Ashley Tellis 1 .ABOUT THE AUTHOR : BiographyAshley Tellis (Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago) is a senior policy analyst at RAND with

THE GREAT INDIAN NOVEL BY SHASHI THAROOR

2009-12-15T12:16:00.005+05:30

LFb.... THE GREAT INDIAN NOVEL by 1) SHASHI THAROOR ABOUT THE AUTHOR : Author, peace-keeper, refugee worker, human rights activist and now is the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and a member of the Indian Parliament

THE REDISCOVERY OF INDIA

2009-12-10T13:51:00.001+05:30

SEA OF POPPIES

2009-12-02T18:30:00.000+05:30

S E A OF POPPIES BY AMITAV GHOSH

A BETTER INDIA --A BETTER WORLD

2009-11-29T20:30:00.001+05:30

| A BETTER INDIA : A BETTER WORLD By N.R.NARAYANAMURTHY ABOUT THE AUTHOR :{N.R. Narayana Murthy is the Founder-Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited, a global software consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. He serves on the

HOW COMMONSENSE CAN RESCUE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

2009-11-21T21:56:00.006+05:30

POWER RULES : HOW COMMONSENSE CAN RESCUE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. BY LESLIE . H. GELBABOUT THE AUTHOR :" One of the foremost writers and thinkers on American foreign policy, Leslie Gelb (above) is president

The Hindu : News / National : Jayalalithaa writes open letter to PM to drop Raja over spectrum scam

2009-11-18T21:19:00.000+05:30

The Hindu : News / National : Jayalalithaa writes open letter to PM to drop Raja over spectrum scam

NOBEL PRIZE

2009-11-15T21:38:00.003+05:30

Volume 26 - Issue 23 :: Nov. 07-20, 2009 INDIA'S NATIONAL MAGAZINEfrom the publishers of THE HINDU • Contents NOBEL PRIZE Protein machinery R. RAMACHANDRAN

LISTENING TO GRASS HOPPERS

2009-11-14T18:41:00.002+05:30

LISTENING TO GRASSHOPPERS- FIELD NOTES ON DEMOCRACY BY ARUNDATHI.S.ROY " ' India ranks fourth in billionaire population after the United States, Germany and Russia.With a 300 million-strong middle class growing non-stop in cash and

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2009-11-07T20:55:00.000+05:30

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THE HINDUS-- AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY

2009-11-07T10:40:00.002+05:30

THE HINDUS- AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY" BY WENDY DONIGER . A Hindu is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, philosophical and cultural systems that originated in the Indian subcontinent. There are approximately 920 million Hindus of the world population making Hinduism-- the third largest religion in the

THE HINDUS--AN ALTERNATE HISTORY BY WENDY DONIGER

2009-11-07T10:13:00.001+05:30

" THE HINDUS _ AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY " BY WENDY DONIGER (REVIEW & REJOINDER )A Hindu is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, philosophical and cultural systems that originated in the Indian subcontinent. There are approximately 920 million Hindus

DUBIOUS DISTINCTIONS

2009-11-04T20:46:00.000+05:30

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THE INHERITANCE BY DAVID SANGER

2009-11-02T15:59:00.004+05:30

THE INHERITANCE by' David E. Sanger _______________________________________________________-______________________________________________________________________________________________-___ l 1 Most World leaders

SPECTRUM MEGA SCAM

2009-10-28T21:20:00.002+05:30

GIVEN BELOW ARE TWO REPORTS ABOUT THE MEGA SCAM SPECTRUM IN TELECOM SECTOR. Reports are from Rediff.com and Pioneer. SPECTRUM MEGA SCAM Controversies continue to shroud India's telecom sector. The latest row -- termed as independent India's largest financial scam -- is centered on the allocation ofscarce 2G spectrum at

2 STATES -THE STORY OF MY MARRIAGE

2009-10-23T21:30:00.001+05:30

2 states (The story of my marriage) By CHETAN BHAGAT Chetan Bhagat , author of three blockbuster novels, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night at the Call Center (2005) and The Three Mistakes of My life (2008). which have remained bestsellers since their release, has now come with his fourth novel.-_",2 States The story of My Marriage ".which was

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BETWEEN DREAMS & RELITIES SOME MILESTONES IN PAKISTAN 'S HISTORY

2009-10-17T13:00:00.009+05:30

Sha . v BETWEEN DREAMS & REALITIES-- SOME MILESTONES PAKISTAN'S HISTORY by SARTAJ AZIZ Sh Between Dreams and Realities: Some Milestones in Pakistan’s History;By Sartaj Aziz;Oxford University

COUNTING THE COSTS OF A VAUNTED DEAL

2009-10-11T11:05:00.000+05:30

" " The Hindu Then U.S. President George W. Bush shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a round of talks related to the 'N' deal at Hyderabad house in New Delhi. File Photo: Shanker Chakravarty. ____________----------------------------- "Even on its first anniversary of , the much-trumpeted Indo-U.S. nuclear deal , it stands out as

THE LONG REVOLUTION : THE BIRTH & GROWTHOF INDIA;sIT INDUSTY

2009-10-10T10:46:00.002+05:30

" The Long Revolution:The Birth and Growth of INDIA's I T INDUSTRY by DINESH SHARMA Author Dinesh Sharma at the Bangalore launch of The Long Revolution, Aug 28 The

IN SPITE OF THE GODS THESTRANGE RISE OF MODERN INDIA

2009-09-30T22:46:00.002+05:30

parameswarier@gmail.com | Docs Home | Help | Sign out Edward LuceDraft « Back to Revision History Showing revision #292 « Older Newer » Revert to this one IN SPITE OF THE GODS, THE STRANGE RISE OF MODERN INDIA By EDWARD LUCE..

NUCLEAR DETERRENCE &INDIA's THEMONUCLEAR TEST

2009-09-22T12:33:00.002+05:30

"India, a reluctant and tentative nuclear power " . More than a decade after Pokharan II, India doesn't have much to celebrate. It still doesn't have minimal, let alone, credible deterrence, says Brahma Chellaney, who is one of India's leading nuclear and strategic affairs experts. In the light of raging controversy about nuclear

THE EMPIRES OF INDUS

2009-09-17T17:30:00.006+05:30

THE GREAT DIVIDE -INDIA--PAKISTAN

2009-09-08T11:50:00.001+05:30

THE GREAT DIVIDE-INDIA PAKISTANbyIRA PANDEY The Great Divide Edited by Ira Pande HarperCollins # Rs 495 # pp 380v In selectng a theme for a special volume of the India International Centre Quarterly, in December last year,

AFGHANISTAN : AID, ARMIES and EMPIRES

2009-08-23T11:20:00.005+05:30

See larger image . v " Afghanistan : Aid, Armies and Empires " by PETER MARSDEN Afghanistan has been the scene of enduring violent conflict for three decades, yet the sources of its

To LIVE OR TO PERISH FOR EVER

2009-07-19T21:57:00.001+05:30

"To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan "by * Nicholas Schmidle :**THE AUTHOR OWES THE TITLE OF THE BOOK TO THE DECLARATION/APPEAL MADE BY MUSLIMS IN INDIA FOR A SEPARATE STATE ,which subsequently was named PAKISTAN reproduced in an abridged version___________________________________________________________________________"Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever

PAKISTAN RAPIDLY ADDING NUCLEAR ARMS

2009-05-31T21:15:00.002+05:30

NEW YORK TIMES- Asia Pacific. "Pakistan rapidly Adding Nuclear Arms " US(Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, during a Senate hearing on Thursday.) During confidential briefings to the Senate,Mike Mullen ,Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the assessment of increase in Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, avoiding

BURNT SHADOWS

2009-05-30T20:58:00.003+05:30

BURNT SHADOWS book cover of Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie KAMILA SHAMSIE. All human beings the world over react whenever calamities involving extreme agony & colossal loss of life overtakes them. However, the reactions by different persons of different nations at different periods of time differ widely. When events of such magnitude

LESSONS FROM INCOHERENT AMERICAN POLICY Towards PAKISTAN

2009-05-26T12:22:00.009+05:30

Deccan Chronicle Monday May 25, 2009 Home > OP Ed ----Lessons from an ‘incoherent US policy on Pakistan May 25th, 2009 (By Joginder Singh) * * In the eighth Psalm of the Bible, David speaks of the great love and goodness that God makes known on earth. He talks about the “truth coming out of the mouth of babes and sucklings”. This is exactlywhat the US secretary of state Hillary

SIX SUSPECTS

2009-05-21T11:01:00.007+05:30

. SIX SUSPECTS by VIKAS SWARUPThere is no dearth of Indian literary novels recently, but there is such a shortage of top class crime fiction set in India's capital that Vikas Swarup can be considered a pioneer after producing this whopping book.Although it is termed a murder mystey thriller, in the larger conext" Six

A CASE OF EXPLODING MANGOES

2009-05-18T16:44:00.001+05:30

"A CASE OF EXPLODING MANGOES " by MOHAMMED HANIF A familiar theme for fiction writers or other mystery-shrouded novels of this genre had been woven round " Assassination of famous men/woman. " As a matter of fact there are plenty of such splendidly narrated works in the Western press and of late Indian writers also have

TAINTED MONEY

2009-05-15T20:45:00.001+05:30

Summary of Article " TAINTED MONEY " BY C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR in FRONTLINEIndia ranks fifth among developing countries with illicit outflows of --around $22 billion to $27 billion a year during 2002-06. This money is tainted; and also a drain of wealth from the country, being located in secretive Swiss banks; and the sums involved are large. It is no surprise, therefore, this issue of

SALIM MUST DIE

2009-05-03T18:35:00.001+05:30

! " SALIM MUST DIE " by MUKUL DEVA It is no exaggeration to say that as a nation INDIA has become,( or soon becoming ),a terrorised or terrified nation taking into account the number of terrorist acts or the magnitude of their operations unleashed on it mainly from across the borders. This phenomena has naturally woken up world attention including the

STRANGER TO HISTORY A SON'sJOURNEY THROUGH ISLAMICLANDS

2009-04-28T14:18:00.002+05:30

Summary of ReviewFront Cover " A self-identifying, dispiriting tour of Islam's extremities inlaid with personal history "This is what Khushwant Singh summarises the book , "STRANGER TO HISTORY, " which is an autobiographical outpourings of a disgruntled and disappointed young lad , Atish Taseer who has chronicled his experiences of his journey through history of Islam which faith he has embraced

THE STORY OF MY ASSASSINS

2009-04-23T13:38:00.004+05:30

. . THE STORY OF MY ASSASSINS. A NOVEL BY TARUN J,TEJPAL The present book is the second novel by Tarun .J Tejpal , perhaps the most widely read modern Indian writer in English.Tejpal is primarily a journalist and edits the famous weekly newsmagazine Tehelka

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

2009-04-14T17:55:00.001+05:30

" QUESTIONS and ANSWERS " by VIKAS SWARUP Printer Friendly Page Send this Article to a Friend‘I like to write simply’Writer and diplomat Vikas Swarup on his writing and his reactions to his debut novel, Q&A, being transformed into the hugely successful “Slumdog Millionaire”.Photo: K. Murali

THE DARK SIDE

2009-04-09T21:08:00.003+05:30

* * * * * * * * *Anantha narayanan Parameswarierkonthai57.sulekha.com Beta Summary of Reviews of the book :. " THE DARK SIDE " : THE INSIDE STORY Of "HOW THE WAR on Terror Turned Into A WAR ON AMERICAN IDEALS " as narrated

THEAUDACITY OF HOPE

2009-03-30T16:56:00.000+05:30

THE BOOK " The Audacity of Hope , Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream "takes its title from a line in his well-received address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and offers readers-- across the nation--an upbeat view of the country's potential and a political biography that concentrates on the core values while providing a broad sense of how the great issues of the moment

DALITSIN INDIA

2009-03-27T21:56:00.000+05:30

DALITS IN INDIA: Search for a Common Destiny Based on 2007 figures ,.Mr Sukhadeo Throat says in his book"Dalits in India: Search for a Common Destiny" " that about17 per cent of Scheduled Caste in the country cultivate land; 12 per cent in the rural areas and 28 per cent in the urban areas are in business, albeit small;the literacy rate has gone up to 57 per cent; unemployment has

The Long ,Strange Journey of Einstein's brain

2009-03-24T20:34:00.006+05:30

Loginhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4602913 * *The Long, Strange Journey of Einstein's Brain 'Postcards from the Brain Museum' by Brian BurrellAuthor: Brian Burrell's book chronicles Here is a summary of a strange, but true (?) story of Einsteins brain's long journey. as reported in Postcards from the Brain MuseumTHE BRAIN OF Albert Einstein, taken by Thomas Harvey

SOWING CRISIS

2009-03-21T11:03:00.003+05:30

The Cold War and American Hegemony in the Middle East .By Rashid Khalidi . There had been no dearth of many minute ,critical and analytical studies of United State's role in the many conflicts worldwide and

HOT, FLAT AND CROWDED

2009-03-11T11:17:00.005+05:30

Thomas Friedman; " HOT,FLAT AND CROWDED : WHY WE NEED A GREEN REVOLUTION__ AND HOW IT CAN RENEW AMERICA " BY , THOMAS .L.FRIEDMAN ll In a media scape crowded with pundits, the New York Times foreign affairs columnist and author Mr Thomas L Friedman has emerged as the preeminent commentator in his field,

The INHERITANCE : THE WORLD OBAMA CONFRONTS and THE CHALLENGESto the AMERICAN POWER

2009-02-05T13:47:00.009+05:30

"THE INHERITANCE " :THE WORLD OBAMA CONFRONTS and the CHALLENGES to the AMERICAN POWER . BY DAVID SANGERAs the title suggests, Mr Sanger(the Chief Washington correspondentfor the NEW YORK TIMES)has by his brilliant analysis gives a detailed account of the multitude of problems the new US President has to meet on his assuming power.Being at home whether in Washington or

THE DUEL- PAKISTAN IN THE FLIGHT PATH OFAMERICAN POWER

2008-12-20T11:03:00.008+05:30

THE DUEL.- PAKISTAN IN THE FLIGHT PATH OF AMERICAN POWER. by TARIQ ALI Pakistan is becoming more and more in the lime light of the media not only in the West but all along the globe for the wrong reasons , more so after the recent Mumbai attacks by terrorists wildly believed and supported by independent

Slideshow A short piano recital for Xmas by my Grandson ABHINAV

2008-12-13T20:03:00.001+05:30

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BIN LADENS- STORY OF A FAMILY AND ITS FORTUNE.

2008-10-29T09:57:00.003+05:30

" BIN LADENS. "- THE STORY OF A FAMILY AND ITS FORTUNE. by STEVE COLL There are very many awe-inspiring and hard to believe wonderful stories in the history of men from '