By M J Akbar
Third Eye - India Today

The fall of the Roman Empire can be attributed to the rise of the Praetorian Guard. The glory of Rome was rooted in democracy, a Greek idea which Rome converted into a variable political virtue which lasted precisely because it was variable in an age when arbitrary dictatorship demanded either obedience or ( Read more... )

BY: LYDIA POLGREEN

NEW DELHI - He was a small-town lawyer from a regional political party in a southern Indian state. By almost any measure, Andimuthu Raja, who had no background in telecommunications or in business, seemed an unlikely candidate to be the government minister presiding over the fastest-growing cellphone market in the world.

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By Palitha Senanayake.

The impromptu reactions of Indian leaders to the recent terrorist attack in Mumbai have necessarily been based on revulsion and impulse. Indian Prime Minister repeatedly mentioned the need for co-operation from the International community' and kept Washington informed of the developments in the 'Pakistan'. The problem however ( Read more... )