Breaking the blockade
It is not the size of the latest batch of World Bank loans for India that is remarkable but the purposes for which some of the loans were approved.



Asatya Mewae Jayatae
"Main geet naya gata hoon" (I sing a new song). Sadly, however, little has changed even though the new government is led by the BJP, which loudly claimed to be a party with a difference.



Good, suddenly democratic
So focussed have we been on Strobe Talbott's involvement in the extended strategic dialogue that we may have taken our eyes off some key authors of vital elements in contemporary American foreign policy.



Other headlines
Cronje crumble
Chicken lickin'
Slices of misrepresentation