Archive for August, 2007
The Case to Stay in Iraq - From India’s Partition
Sixty years after the British created India and Partition, the Irish and British are reflecting on what they left behind. No doubt, there is much self-congratulation amongst the English for a successful India - though their positive legacy is highly dubious. But The Independent (from Ireland) sees wider implications of the history that followed partition:
The documentation [...]
Inequality in the US: India’s Choice
I have written a lot recently on inequality - in India and in Asia. The basic point has been the same - that inequality is bad from a social and moral point, but (as the ADB argues in its report on Asia) also from an economic point of view. In the same vien I pulled [...]
Income Inequality in Asia Growing
The ADB has just released a report titled “Key Indicators 2007: Inequality in Asia” (covered in IHT and BBC). The report concludes that the gini index, a measure of relative inequality had grown in all 15 countries studied, since the 1990s. More alarmingly, absolute inequality had grown even more. The bank identified the trend as [...]
Indian Court Rejects Novartis’ Legal Challenge
The Chennai High Court has just announced its decision on the case brought by Novartis against the Indian Patent Act. The Court rejected Novartis’ challenge saying that it has no jurisdiction on the matter.
The news has received near blanket coverage (covered in IHT, Forbes, as well as SciDev, MSF). Interestingly, Novartis has suggested it will [...]
The Politics of Negotiating Climate Change: Implications for India
The FT has a very illuminating article on the politics of climate change. It is illuminating because it brings a perspective to the debate that has sadly been lacking so far - one of pragmatic international relations. Taking that perspective explains why the US, China and other major polluters have not signed on to any [...]
India’s Miracle: More on the India Story
I am usually loathe to repeat stories found elsewhere, but this one is certainly worth mentioning. The British magazine New Statesman has a special issue on India (courtesy New Economist). Titled, India’s Miracle, it has five stories - none of which probably break significant new ground for the accomplished reader. That said, they are each in [...]
