The Hindu : Opinion / Editorials : Monday, December 29, 2008

Online edition of India's National Newspaper Monday, December 29, 2008 ePaper \| Mobile/PDA Version

Opinion

News Update

News
ePaper
Front Page
National
States:
• Tamil Nadu
• Andhra Pradesh
• Karnataka
• Kerala
• New Delhi
• Other States
International
Opinion
Business
Sport
Miscellaneous
• Cartoons
Engagements

Sudoku
Today's Headlines

RSS Feeds

Specials
In Focus
Photo Gallery
Events 2007
Know Your English

Features:
Magazine
Literary Review
Open Page

Metro Plus

Business

Education Plus
Book Review
Young World
SciTech
NXg
Friday Review
Cinema Plus
Quest
Property Plus

Stocks
Quotes
SE Diary

Advts
Retail Plus
Classifieds
Jobs
Obituary

Archives
Yesterday's Issue
Datewise

Group Sites
The Hindu
The Hindu ePaper
Business Line
Business Line ePaper
Sportstar
Frontline
Publications
eBooks
Images
Ergo

Home

Editorials
Mandate for secular democracy
Early in August, as his jeep wound its way through the piles of burning tyres that angry protestors had used to barricade the road from Srinagar airport into the city, former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, 72, turned to a journalist sitting ...

Leader Page Articles
Copyright challenges in the digital era
By Aarthi S. Anand

Archaic printing press laws are antithetical to creativity in these times. The question is: was the legal shield of copyright invented to be used to discourage other creators or to provide publishers with control over subsequent creators? India can l ead the world by crafting a new copyright law suited to the internet age.

News Analysis

Non-state actors and the rule of law
By Nandini Sundar

The path to peace in Chhattisgarh lies in implementing the court’s orders.

One year after massacre people still traumatised
By Xan Rice

Peace deal holds but survivors of post-election violence in Kenya feel forgotten.

Printing money and its price
By Peter S. Goodman

The Federal Reserve has expanded its balance sheet from about $900 billion to more than $2.2 trillion, creating $1.3 trillion that did not exist.

Good riddance to bad year
New York City residents are being invited to say goodbye to their bad memories of 2008 and the financial meltdown by shredding their worthless stock certificates and depressing bank statements. Sunday was the second annual Good Riddance Day. ...

Letters to the Editor

Vote for peace

Dealing with Pakistan

On U.S. economy

Read Today's supplements: Metro Plus | Business | Education Plus |

Send: Comments to: thehindu@vsnl.com
Letters to the Editor to: letters@thehindu.co.in with full postal address

Yesterday's
Opinion Page