Month: January 2016

Cover Story

Possible scenarios Flashpoints on the globe

ALBERT Einstein was once asked what he thought the future wars-more so World War III-would look like. This is what he had to...

Cover Story

World War III: Myth or reality?

PEACE is the greatest illusion today. The whole world is a battlefield. There is no place in the whole physical or virtual world...

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Economy

Futile efforts

THE culture of constituting short-term committees for changing the income tax law of the country seems to have become a past time with...

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First Stirrings

First Stirrings : Perception and prejudice

WHEN Madhukar Gupta, an alumnus of Allahabad University, decided to appear for the civil services examination in 1970, he was only following a...

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From the Editor

From the Editor

ARE we heading for World War III? I have pondered this disturbing question for a long time after observing the ISIS (Islamic State...

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Governance

A metropolis in deluge

FOR once, Prakash Javadekar has spoken as a true Union environment minister. Though couched in diplomatic language, he has made one point clear–the...

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Governance

Climate justice served

FEW things have generated as much interest worldwide as the climate change negotiations in Paris in December 2015. Seldom in the history of...

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Governance

Pollution politics

NEW Delhi and Beijing are among the most polluted cities of the world. The quality of response that the two political systems have...

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In Conversation

Let down by the leadership

MGD: Generations brought up on stories of swarming Chinese hordes and Indian troops fighting in PT shoes to the last man, last round,...

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Leisure

Close to nature in Madhav

Madhav National Park is located in close proximity to the Shivpuri town. Madhav National Park has been the hunting preserve of the Maharajas...