Victor Mallet

Stories by Victor Mallet

Asia in 2008: Its rise is a global good

Asia in 2008: Its rise is a global good

Rediff.com   4 Jan 2008

As 2008 draws near, very few educated people can still be unaware of the rising economic and strategic power of Asia.

The utopian myth of India's double dividend

The utopian myth of India's double dividend

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2007

While the national population explosion places nearly intolerable strains on India's physical and social infrastructure, the country's democracy is so dysfunctional that it is reasonable to ask whether it can rise to the looming economic and demographic challenges.