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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
09 Dec 2003 07:11:39 AM |
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OT: The glittering prize |
The glittering prize
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,1102770,00.html
Leader
Tuesday December 9, 2003
The Guardian
If prosperity means an end to strife, then in India at least, let the
good times roll. Booming service industry and information technology
sectors, rising manufacturing exports and a bumper monsoon harvest,
coupled with historically low interest rates and record foreign
exchange reserves, led finance minister Jaswant Singh to predict last
week that his country was "on the edge of explosive growth".
Economic feel-good factors seem to have played an important part in
the ruling Bharatiya Janata party's impressive wins in three recent
state elections. Victories in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh gave the BJP a steadying boost ahead of national
elections due by next October. More importantly, they were achieved
without recourse to the sort of anti-Muslim, anti-Pakistan incitement
that has caused so much grief in the past, notably in Gujarat last
year. The government may now feel encouraged to pursue its economic
reform and good governance themes in the belief that voters are
responding positively.
India
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=India&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=India&sa=N&tab=nw
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=India&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=India&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
Pakistan
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Pakistan&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Pakistan&sa=N&tab=nw
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Pakistan&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=Pakistan&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
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