Economy
Democracy and sustainable growth
Refuting the position that developing countries, in their early stages, could accelerate economic growth only under conditions of political dictatorship, Mr. Bill Clinton has praised India for demonstrating to the world that democracy an d rapid economic development are compatible with each other. P. R. Brahmananda on the co-existence of democracy and sustainable growth.

Editorial
Green sell
THE US PRESIDENT, Mr. Bill Clinton's visit, has brought green diplomacy to full bloom. The `vision' statement, signed by him and the Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, recognises the need for the two countries to achieve ``robust economic growth w hile protecting the environment.'' The two leaders promised to do their part to meet the global environmental challenges, including climate change and the impact of air and water pollution on human health. Later, speaking under the shadow of the Taj Maha l, Mr. Clinton made the poetic linkage between the impact of pollution on Shah Jahan's monument of love and on the health of the present-day children. If Taj's walls could get `marble cancer', what impact would the pollution have on children, he wondered .

Petroleum
Kerosene, LPG price hike -- Political parties must face the realities
THE hike in the prices of kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), effective from Wednesday midnight, though expected, has provoked predictably adverse reactions from political parties, including some of the members of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). But the moving of a statutory resolution for revocation of the hike by the Kerala Assembly on Thursday does not jell with the claims of all political parties that reforms are irreversible and hard decisions inevitable.

Politics
The Performer
IF William Jefferson Clinton is a performing politician, his India visit has shown beyond all doubt that he is still good at his job. After all, this is the same man who, sometime ago, was arraigned before his own nation for the commission of certain ind iscretions, a phase which, it appears, he has been able to put behind him with some success.

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