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| Controlling inflation |
| If the poor are protected, short-term inflation will cause less pain |
| The Union budget estimates the nominal rate of growth for the Indian economy to be 12.5 per cent during the current fiscal. While it is impossible to figure out the manner in which this number was arrived at, the government has predicted further that... |
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| Unjust hike |
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| LOST BATTLE |
| Nobody seems to know what exactly a general strike achieves. Everyone agrees, though, that such a strike or bandh mean...|
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| CLOUDS REMAIN |
| It is no surprise that the global economic recovery was the main subject of concern in the G20 summit that just finished in T...|
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| Friendly fire |
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On the eve of the assembly elections, the chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, is jittery. He will certainly deny this, but... | Read.. |
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| Women of no importance |
| The ordeal suffered by a modern, urban woman when her maid quits the job is nerve-wracking. And if this woman happens to be a professional with a family to look after — which... |
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| Other fears in a different world |
| Poverty develops its own culture. As a phenomenon, poverty in India is not merely about lack of money, it is also about the lack of education, even literacy, the lack of jobs,... |
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Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table.
— NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
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