The inflation monster
 Uncontrollable inflation is quickly gobbling up
political support for the UPA and negating all its achievements..........MORE

>> Left’s formula to curb inflation
Strengthen PDS, ban futures trading,
book hoarders
Left wants the government to include 15 essential commodities in PDS; ban futures trading in 25 items and cut customs, excise duties on oil. ..........MORE		  
 
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l Arunachal to have a unified    command
l Agusta set to bag Rs 3,900-cr    VVIP chopper deal
l India’s first e-budget
l Can indian telecom ever catch up    with China?
l All Work, No Pay Makes
   IPS fume
l Chhattisgarh: Ill-prepared
   and vulnerable
l New congress prepares for ‘09
l Armed forces:
   Summer of discontent
l Computer purchase scam rocks
   Chhattisgarh
l PoK: Seeds of Unrest
l Lies, damn lies and statistics
 
 
 
H Y Sharada Prasad
A Nieman Fellow at Harvard, he served as information Advisor to Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He was formerly a trustee of IGNCA and chairman of NID.
Syeda S Hameed
is a Member of the Planning Commission. She is the founder member of Muslim Women's Forum and a founder trustee of the Women's Initiative for Peace in South Asia.
Cmde C Uday Bhaskar 
 is senior defence and strategic affairs analyst,
New Delhi.