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...abroad in Delhi for the fall semester of my junior year, I got to see from an outsider’s point of view the status-seeking competition of a top university. My host institution, St. Stephen’s College of Delhi University, is known as one of India??s most rigorous and prestigious non-technical schools. Seats not reserved for lower castes or other minorities often go to representatives of the North Indian urban elite who master the competitive entrance examination process...
...India??s decision to bring a larger number of women into its legislature is commendable—it represents a move toward greater gender equality in India. However, any future reforms similar to the quota bill should aim to minimize the detrimental effect on the non-involved groups. If not, raising the condition of one minority could hurt another—an unintended and detrimental side effect that undermines the aim of otherwise positive legislation...
...need to develop rapidly after India gained independence without paying adequate heed to the costs of such rapid development can be seen in the following idealistic and breathless rhetoric in the introduction to India??s Second Five Year Plan, 1956-1961—the Five Year Plans are the chief ways to guide development in segments of five years in India...
...people [in Mysore] didn’t have the opportunity that I had,” Gopinath said. During her undergraduate years at Delhi University, Gopinath decided to join the university’s economics honors program in the midst of India??s financial crisis in the early 1990?...
...climate-related disasters that could be on their way. While the EU did not seem overly impressed with the announcement—an indication of potential disappointment at the suggested sum—Clinton’s voice re-energized other players, leading negotiators in the right direction. India??s Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh “hailed” the announcement, calling it a “‘very important step.’” Considering India??s role as a leader among developing countries, this new outlook could prove significant...