Cong gives DMK a rap on the knuckles By reviving the LTTE ghost, Karunanidhi has taken the Congress for granted. He richly deserves a rap in the knuckles.
Whistleblowers need protection Raju Narayanaswamy, an IIT and IAS topper with first rank, has been shunted out to a petty posting because he dared to take action against illegal land grabbers in Munnar.
Mobile phones reach villages In a village called Kkonkoma, on the roof of a small house there is an aerial. It is a mobile phone antenna for a home-based village telephone service.
Free trade is a two-way street By 2040 three of the worlds five largest economies China, India, and Japan will be in Asia.
Solidarity... A British student from the National University of Singapore wears a t-shirt with the map of Myanmar and carries a candle during a peace vigil, on Monday as part of an effort to call for democracy in Myanmar. AP
A new government has been installed in Karnataka. What should be the priorities of the Yeddyurappa-led government? Transparency, focus on power sector and infrastructure, curbing graft and warding off terror threats to Bangalore... the list of priorities set by Deccan Herald readers for the government is endless. Some of them have also insisted that the Bharatiya Janata Party should prove that it indeed is a party with difference.
