It seems that when it comes to the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008, impartiality is very hard to come by.  A supposedly independent commission from the European Union is soon due to put out its report on who did what, but the German magazine Der Spiegel has already leaked the story - which points the blame principally on Georgia.  Naturally a lot of people don't like that conclusion.  Below is an excerpt from an interesting piece disputing both the Der Spiegel article and the commission's unreleased report, and later today we'll be putting up a video of some interviews commenting specifically on this blame game.TCS Daily:

The already embattled Georgian President Mikheil "Misha" Saakashvili's ill-fortunes don't seem to be improving. In late

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An article of mine got published on TCS Daily on the evolving political and business landscape in India. The article can be found here. The article is reproduced below as well -

The decade and a half following India’s economic reforms of 1990-91 has been an exciting and transformational one for India and its people, and has also had a significant impact on the entire world. Much good has happened, with increasing growth and prosperity benefiting millions. The world has observed the rise of a large and vibrant middle-class, an aggressive and innovative private sector, and the growth of a soft culture. It is true that severe challenges still remain, caused mainly by massive disparities in income and access to resources, which mean that over 300 million people remain desperately poor, and large parts of the country not benefiting from growth.

A lot of India’s growth and stability today has

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An article of mine got published in the TCS Daily on organized retail in India (The article was first drafted in late ‘06- early ‘07, so parts of it might appear slightly dated) Here is the link.

Some of the comments are interesting. Here are a couple that I thought I should highlight –

With around 65% of India’s population in about half a million villages – which translates to an average of just 1400 people per village - it is very uneconomical to provide infrastructure services, barring telecommunication services (thanks to the cell phone).

India needs to move its villagers into (newly constructed) towns and villages.

5,000 new towns and cities with an average of 140,000 people per town would surely afford economies of scale. The very creation of these new towns and cities leads to lot of beneficial economic activity. Mr. Atanu Dey writes extensively about this topic (the urgent need for new towns

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