Mai-Baap re Baap

The Civil service still remain a big draw FRESH OUT of South Africa, Mohandas Gandhi made F a particularly strong speech in Benares in February…

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SA lends India N-hand

Pretoria gets New Delhi’s support for Security Council seat The Leader of India and South Africa made a strategic trade off on Monday India decisively…

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SCHOLARSHIPS- Political Compulsions

Two experts on Soviet studies, both lecturers in major universities, were in­formed late last month by the University Grants Commission (UGC) that their appli­cations for…

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DESERTS – GREENING OF THAR

Lush vegetation in the Thar? Groves jamun trees? Mighty rivers the size of the Ganga and Indus? Seasons of monsoon-like rainfall? None of this is…

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POLITICAL COMPLUSIONS

Two experts on Soviet studies, both lecturers in major universities, were informed late last month by the University Grants Commission (UGC) that their applications for…

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THE ART OF SURVIVAL

Deep inside the jungle in northernmost Mizoram, a lone man brews a tin mug of tea in the early morning haze. He is squatting on…

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CASTE ABUSE

It was a grim warning for all users of intemperate language, and particularly for citizens of India who continue to believe that caste bestows special…

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