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We need a bold new vision!
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Who says rural India is poor?
Only 6 MPs attend Lok Sabha debate on poverty! MPs absent themselves often! Only six members were present, to start with, in the Lok Sabha, which was to discuss the issue of eradication of hunger in the country. The attendance was less than one per cent. The current strength of the House is 540. Jairam…
Paul Johnson, the little Englander?
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Letter to Sonia Gandhi
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Prof.Antony Cruz : Book Review
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Why Manmohan Singh is seen as a poor performer? That a professional economist can’t make a successful Prime Minister is proved beyond doubt by the three years of Manmohan Singh government. The report to the people put out by the UPA chairperson ,Sonia Gandhi, is proof enough. There will be few takers for this report…