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India’s creeping plague

The initial response of South Asian governments to AIDS when it appeared two decades ago was to hide behind the mantle of 'Asian morals' — a strategy that succeeded

By L Mehta

/ 1 Mar 2003

AIDS and India: Funding its way to the forefront

Not very long back, a strange controversy engulfed the Indian health ministry prior to and during the Microsoft magnate's visit to the Subcontinent. The subject was HIV/AIDS

By Rajeshwari Menon

/ 1 Feb 2003

The sustainability of hunger

On 4 December 2002, India's finance minister, Jaswant Singh, presented his government's mid-term review in parliament, emphasising a need to boost private investment in agriculture

By Devinder Sharma

/ 1 Feb 2003

Indian feminishm and the patriarchy of caste

There are many Castes which allow inter-dining. But it is a common experience that inter-dining has not succeeded in killing the spirit of Caste and the consciousness of

By Anupama Rao

/ 1 Feb 2003

A society on pyre

The stars are not wanted now, put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun— Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood: For nothing now

By C K Lal

/ 1 Feb 2003

The N-word

2002 ended much like it began, with talk of war, possibly war involving nuclear weapons, hanging over the Subcontinent like a thick, blinding fog. Addressing an air force veterans rally

By The Editors

/ 1 Feb 2003

Another disaster in the making

New Delhi's grandiose water projects fail because they ignore the basic laws of nature and the interests of India's villagers. The revival of plans to 'interlink' the rivers of India can only be brushed aside as nonsensical.

By Rohan DSouza

/ 1 Dec 2002

Starvation amidst surplus

For predominantly agrarian societies, importing food is equivalent to importing unemployment. The Subcontinent needs to aspire to self-sufficiency through protecting its genetic inheritance and distributing the 'excess' foodgrain that curiously fails to reach those in need. It also needs to be wary

By Devinder Sharma

/ 1 Dec 2002

Ved Mehta’s tempest of self-revelation

The Subcontinent is woefully short on good biographers. But one author from the region sets the standards for telling the story like it is, with élan.

By Hemant Sareen

/ 1 Dec 2002