Aug
22
Ministers’ competencies come for criticism! The Bombay blasts had devastated the nation.200 dead, 700 injured in a few minutes in several places! This is too much. But distressed the country much more is the sort of response and the sort of immediate explanations from the Government. Tavleen Singh, the veteran columnist, writing from her Bombay [...]
Aug
22
Kerala seeks control over five dams! Supreme Court directs the raising of the height of Narmada Dam! Yes, the inter-state waters disputes are no more news. They make news whenever the state politicians have no other purposeful jobs on hand! So, comes the news of persisting inter-state rivers disputes, from one state or other. Now, [...]
Aug
22
Economic nationalism in industry and agriculture The India-born Lakshmi Mittal’s takeover of the Europe’s biggest stall maker, Arcelor, now Arcelor-Mittal Steel, made lots of headlines for months. The major European governments, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, the Presidents and Prime Ministers of these countries raised a hue and cry over their own nationalistic industry (they held [...]