TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
ECONOMY: When last year in India the ruling BJP
was thrown out despite impressive economic growth and the UNP, in
our country, was roundly defeated although it architected the much
needed ceasefire, the question one can ask is who won? Make no
mistake. It was not the Congress Party or the United People's
Freedom Alliance. It was the rural masses!
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The decline and fall of Europe
Europe: Cartoons and riots made the headlines in
Europe last week, but a far less fiery event, the publication of an
academic study, might shed greater light on the future of the
Continent. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, headquartered in Paris, released a report, Going for
Growth, that details economic prospects in the industrial world.
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Child conscription: The ultimate terror
CHILD SOLDIERS: Kalaivani or Anbu as she was
endearingly addressed by her jungle peers was hardly fourteen years
when she became conscripted into the Wanni Tiger cadres. Evidently
she made good impressions on her trainers that she was given a moped
to run around as some kind of a junior official.
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