We pointed out in the ‘Current Account’ section (MoneyLIFE, 27 September 2007) that listed TV channels don’t make money for shareholders, only for their employees. But their stocks still seem to defy gravity. Over a year, strategic investors have pumped in more money into them, but the stock market is unimpressed because the numbers just don’t seem to add up. Look, for instance, at New Delhi...

Mansi Firth reports on the efforts of the Ahmedabad Women’s Action Group to rid society of the scourge of gender inequality

“You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women” -- Jawaharlal Nehru Gender inequality is a pervasive problem and evident in cultures across the world. In India, it encompasses education, professional work, property ownership, relationships...

In May 66AD, Jerusalem was not only the centre of Jewish aspirations and expression (religious and national) but also one of the most magnificent and renowned cities of the time. But from that time, the Romans unleashed successive waves of plunder and destruction until 70AD; by then the city was destroyed. In another 60 years, the destruction was complete and Emperor Hadrian built a new city on...