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POLITICS: A way out of divisive politics
Our politics today is identity based and is divisive. In the early years after Independence, we used to cast our votes in elections. These days, we vote for a caste. This growth of identity-based politics has been promoted by two ...

HEALTH: What’s ailing healthcare in India?
Even after 60 years of Independence, 65 per cent of our population does not have access to modern medicine. The situation is worse in villages where around 70 per cent of our population lives. About 80 per cent of doctors, 75 per cent of ...

BANKING: From ‘class banking’ to ‘mass banking’
That India has been ranked poorly in the first-ever Index of Financial Inclusion (IFI) prepared by a New Delhi-based think-tank need not come as a surprise to the observers of the country’s banking and financial scenario. Even so, the ...

EDITORIAL: Net advantage
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) proposal to allow unrestricted Internet telephony augurs well for both consumers and the telecom industry. Currently the Internet can be used only to make calls between two computer users ...

BREWERIES: Wine and health
Young Indian professionals working in metros or abroad are often a little unsure about wining. Very often, they are told that drinking wine is good for health, particularly for the heart. As a result, wine consumption in the country is also ...

POLITICS: Institute of political management
It used to be said of the famous Cleopatra that age could not wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. There are certain management-related themes about which the same can be said. Articles about them keep appearing in some ...

LETTERS: A futile effort?
It is unfortunate that the high-powered committee which went into the financial position of oil companies has met with opposition. The panel, headed by Planning Commission member B. K. Chaturvedi, had suggested far-reaching proposals for the ...





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