After more than four decades of following the socialist and mixed economy models, India´s political economy entered uncharted waters after the country reached the edge of bankruptcy in 1991.
The SAARCONOMY section contains a short commentary on regional economic issues or trends, as well as basic financial statistics from five countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
How should a tiny South Asian state look upon a giant neighbour? Well, in the newly globalised world, as a marketing opportunity. King Jigme Singye Wangchuk said so. Already, Drukyul
Amidst all the chaos of political violence, Sri Lanka is engaged in fashioning a workable system of regional self-government which will interest the other South Asians. dev.o.lu.
The prescription of nationalism which brought wealth and dignity to the imperial nations failed to produce for the countries of South Asia.
They were all staunch nationalists: Gandhi and Jinnah,
The latest flareup regarding the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan has subsided for the moment, but it is not an issue that will go away. The concern this time
INDIA/ PAKISTAN
LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY
The latest flareup regarding the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan has subsided for the moment, but it is not an issue that
It has become fashionable in some puppy (politically upwardly mobile) circles in India to idolise East Asian models of authoritarian capitalism and yearn for discipline and order. But, surely, democracy
The refusal of the Australian and West Indies cricket teams to play World Cup matches in Colombo, ironically, was enough to shift international attention away from the event that had
The recent meeting of the Commerce Ministers of the SAARC countries and the SAARC Trade Fair culminated in announcements and commitments. SAARC Trade Centres are going to be established and
New veins may contain less toxic blood. New generations in both India and Pakistan may be more willing to let the past stay in the past.
In March 1948, when
India should learn to differentiate among its neighbours. Nepal and Sri Lanka cannot be spoken of in the same breath as Pakistan and Bangladesh.
A good policy, according to Kautilya,
