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Simply surrogate
BE WHAT YOU want to be, taking things the way they come... goes that famous Bacardi white rum jingle which helped the company's eponymous brand make great strides in the Indian market, and gave it a high profile. So much for the power of ... More

AGRICULTURE


Agri-business: Not India's business
A WHILE ago, the US Ambassador to India, Mr Robert D. Blackwill, suggested that to put US-India trade in agriculture on "an even keel", all tariff and non-tariff barriers on agricultural trade be dismantled in India and American products allowed ... More

ECONOMY


Rule-based system — Willing a winning nation
The majestic flag atop the mast should remind us that India, its people and its civilisation have existed for many millennia though the nation is only 55 years old. But we should ask if our rule-based system has come to terms with the principles of g lobal competition and if it enables people to hoist themselves to their full potential, says G. Ramachandran. More

POLITICS


Anguish of a former President
IT was sad to watch Mr K. R. Narayanan, admitting to the interviewer from the STAR TV that he often felt distressed, as President, at finding himself helpless in the face of happenings that went against his conscience or conviction, and never ... More

LIFESTYLE


Much in a surname too
WHEN England's King George V changed his German family name to the English Windsor on the eve of the First World War, his cousin, Kaiser William III of Germany, sneered that he would go to the theatre to watch The Merry Wives of ... More

EDUCATION


What the IIMs have done
The question is not what the IIMs have done to make themselves a force to reckon with, but how much of the research and consulting done by their faculty are being utilised. Few decisions taken by various ministries are apolitical, despite the extensi ve or in-depth policy analysis provided by researchers. More

GENDER


Overcoming `subtle resistance'
WAY back in 1979, she was a real rarity as a woman IAS officer in the Manipur cadre. Actually, she is a rarity even today as the 100+plus IAS workforce of this tiny North-Eastern State has only two women officers. "For a while they did not ... More

E-GOVERNANCE


Land information system — Integrating objectives with users' goals
LAND information system refers to a well-networked information system covering a wide range of spatial information that includes data on land, water, weather, environment and socio-economic aspects. Growth of population on a static land base ... More

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    Agri-business: Not India's business

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    Overcoming `subtle resistance'

    In Depth
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