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With Budget Day approaching, matters of government finance come to the fore. Es-pecially when there exists a document, namely the…

The debate on fakes, like the debate on whether art is a commodity or not, is really meaningful only if…

Does the 25-nation European Union (EU) exist? Well, yes and no. It exists for exporters, since it is the world?s…

What is that intangible that draws people to India? It clearly is one of the most unwelcoming destinations in the…

In this column a fortnight ago we had discussed the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) where resources, like manna, were presumed…

With art becoming an important avenue of investment, the old debate of standards versus money has surfaced again. A number…

We live in complex times when good and bad news often come together. The art world, being part of life,…

The Nehru Centre in London has become, over recent weeks, the activity hub of public diplomacy for India. Virtually every…

The ongoing discussion within the United Progressive Alliance government on the indirect tax regime that governs the textile industry is…

This has been quite an election season, even by India?s rather spirited standards of twists and turns, and we are…

Foreign direct investment flows are increasingly looked as a panacea for all the development needs of developing countries. They are…

Along with the results of public exams come the reports of suicides and runaways. Last year, a 10th standard student…

The fallout of the Enron scandal and the California experiment with privatisation in 2000-01, leading to blackouts and brownouts continues…

I have often wondered how best to present prices of art so that the investor gets a comprehensive picture of…

Indian business must often compare its economic performance with that of its Chinese counterpart. Certa-inly comparing Europe?s economic performance with…

What a civilised country Ireland is. People look happy, plastic bags are banned as is smoking in public, the food…

It is a cynical observation on our politics that manifestoes mean little. They tend to promise all things to all…

Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Goa. He was a student of the JJ School of Art in…