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...points out, even during Nehru's own lifetime, his halo began to fade. His concentration on industrialization, rather than reforming the primitive agricultural sector, led to food shortages by the late 1950s. The state-controlled economy bred corruption and stagnation. Kashmir was another growing problem; as Tharoor notes, most Indian commentators blame Nehru for his decision to take the Kashmir dispute to the United Nations, thereby turning it from a domestic matter into an international issue. (Tharoor's day job is as an under secretary-general of the U.N.) Then, in 1962, the Chinese invaded India-a crushing humiliation...
...Health 30 years ago, I merged two existing institutions to create the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, one of the finest such institutions in Asia. The problems of mental health are well understood in India, and we have departments of psychology in numerous institutions around the nation. Indian society also has a built-in support system whereby gurus and spiritual teachers help disturbed people, whereas in the West this function has been taken over exclusively by psychiatrists. Karan Singh Member of Parliament New Delhi...
...fled Liberia in August, to a U.N. court in Sierra Leone , where he faces war crimes charges. Sign of Hope KASHMIR India and Pakistan agreed a surprise cease-fire - the first in 14 years - along the Line of Control, their de facto border in the disputed territory. Whether Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee will hold talks with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on the sidelines of a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in Islamabad in January, however, is unclear. Peace Threat SRI LANKA Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran warned the country's divided leadership he would revive his demands...
...personal health troubles prevented him from putting “100 percent effort” into sales. “Maybe I’ll try again next year, when the freshmen come in,” he says. Iftikhar says he has debated whether to introduce a fresh Indian food section into the store...
...won’t be the food you get in restaurants here,” he says, explaining how conventional Indian restaurants let their food sit. “We will cook fresh every day, if people want it.” And while Iftikhar is expanding to bring in fresh items, he says he will continue to shy away from selling conventional products such as alcohol and lottery tickets...