1.  2.8 bn still poor; 20% illiterate
[02/09/2010]  The world is better today than 20 years ago; but not for all
Issues such as poverty, sanitation, illiteracy and health care don’t just plague developing or underdeveloped countries but also hold equal significance in the developed world. There is hardly any pla...Read More




2.  What, how and why of GPM!
[02/09/2010]  A benchmark index to measure relative well being of income classes
Wish to know where you stand in your profession with respect to your global peers? Global Poverty Multiple (GPM, visit www.globalpovertymultiple.org) is an internationally comparable ratio developed b...Read More




3.  9/11 reloaded?
[02/09/2010]  A mosque at ground zero would end up defeating its most valuable purpose, so the project must not go ahead
Peace and harmony between religions is a future that this world continues to aspire for. Obama’s pronounced support to the idea of a mosque at Ground Zero does have the right intent in that sense. Ye...Read More




4.  Save the saviours
[02/09/2010]  Welcome law for whistleblowers
Finally there is a sigh of relief as well as a sense of motivation for whistleblowers. The Union Cabinet finally cleared the redrafted Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Informers) Bill, 2010 t...Read More




5.  Finally, you may forget about it!
[02/09/2010]  After 32 years, the Centre reiterates its irrevocable right over enemies
This is as unfathomable and confounding as it gets, even by Indian standards of justice. Recently the Centre passed the long awaited (32 years long to be precise!) “enemy property bill”, which is expe...Read More




6.  Why Osama will be...!
[19/08/2010]  Alive! There are reasons to kill Osama, and there are reasons to keep him alive; Pakistan, and the US, look decisively tilted towards the latter
May 11, 2010: In context with the failed attempt of the Times Square bombing, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns that Pakistan would face “severe consequences” if a future terrorist attack on...Read More