At a time when India’s ties with Pakistan have reached its lowest in backdrop of Pulwama attack, ThePrint recalls A.B. Vajpayee’s bus diplomacy of 1999.
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
It requires both courage and statesmanship – what some call the high road – to talk about enduring peace between India and Pakistan. Not in a dewy, sentimental way, but fully conscious of the challenges and the pitfalls, and from a position of strength and deterrence. Vajpayeeji deserved his Bharat Ratna. UPA ought to have conferred it in 2005.
Jung is mehenga sauda indeed.
But we seem to be not interested in keeping ABV alive in us
It requires both courage and statesmanship – what some call the high road – to talk about enduring peace between India and Pakistan. Not in a dewy, sentimental way, but fully conscious of the challenges and the pitfalls, and from a position of strength and deterrence. Vajpayeeji deserved his Bharat Ratna. UPA ought to have conferred it in 2005.