THE ``DECADE of development’’ cannot rest on an unstable fiscal base. India has seen too often how bold objectives can be pushed aside through financial crisis. It is extremely important to bring down fiscal deficits mainly through budget cuts and privatisation revenues to reduce the ratio of public debt to national income to avoid future macroeconomic destabilisation. Unless substantial fiscal...

Practice Dharma, not adharma speak the truth, not untruth, Look far ahead, not near Look at what is the highest, not what is not highest.

According to the Sthapatya Veda (the Indian tradition of architecture), the temple and the town should mirror the cosmos. The temple architecture and the city plan are, therefore, related in their conception. Volwahsen (2001) has remarked on the continuity in the Indian architectural tradition. The Harappan cities have a grid plan, just as is recommended in the Vedic manuals. The square shape r...

ONCE AGAIN it is Budget time and the Union Government needs to put together some bold decisions for 2001-02. India’s political system is more than ever in consensus about the basic direction of reforms. The current Government enjoys a reasonably strong electoral mandate. A decade of opening of the economy has produced new dynamism, most dramatically in the information technology sector, but in ...

GANDHI is a world-historical figure. Though he refused to formulate a religious or philosophical system, he did stand, throughout his life, for certain ideas, which are nothing if not of universal significance. In order to see this clearly, let us review, very briefly, the nature and context of the challenge to which his life and thought were a dedicated response. Within the limited scope of th...

Karya sastra tradisional Jawa serat Kalatidha, diyakini terdapat unsur sinkretisme antara Islam dan Hindu. Rumusan masalah dalam penelitian ini, yaitu bagaimanakah relevansi kalatida dengan konsep ajaran Hindu? Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk megetahui kalatidha bait ke 2, 7, 9 adalah kepustakaan metode hermeneutika yang dilakukan mengumpulkan data bantuan berbagai material ada di perpustakaan s...