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One more year of poverty begins for the ignored Indians
OUTSIDE the ostentatious celebrations ringing in the New Year are those who form the subject matter of a new book from Oxford University Press (www.oup.com): Handbook of Poverty in India, edited by R. Radhakrishna and Shovan ... More

FOR THE ASKING


Can I take back what I gift in fear of death?
Because under the Indian Succession Act, gift made by a person in contemplation of death can always be gotten back. The anxiety underpinning this is the law should not cast its imprimatur on a transaction done in a weak moment. But then ... More

MANAGE MENTOR


Perish the procedures that don't deliver
INDIAN bureaucrats, as a British playwright described, are "a bunch of bumbling nincompoops", notes the back cover of Ashwani Lohani's Winning at Work Against all Odds, from Wisdom Tree (www.wisdomtreeindia.com). The author, ... More

SOFTLY, O SOFTLY


One script for a dozen languages
KRISHNASWAMY Kasturi is an energetic octogenarian. Ever since he retired as Station Director of All India Radio he has been working on a common script for Indian languages. And the result of his work is available on More

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