Saradha fraud: Blame the RBI for the repressed formal financial sector
While condemning knavery and denouncing greed, let us also pin culpability for the mess in the financial sector on the real culprit: the RBI.Saradha fraud: Blame the RBI for the repressed formal...
View ArticleKerala Model: Attainment of high social development at relatively low levels...
The Communist goal was to create a Soviet-type society, convinced as they were that Stalin’s Russia represented the superior future of mankind.Kerala Model: Attainment of high social development at...
View ArticleA dozen alternatives to food subsidy for improved welfare of the poor
People starve to death during famines not because of a shortage of grain but because the famine dries up work, depriving people of purchasing power.A dozen alternatives to food subsidy for improved...
View ArticleScrap Armed Forces Special Powers Act for saving India's democratic core
AFSPA is a leftover from the Raj, designed to place the stamp of the law on what would otherwise be labelled extra-judicial killings.Scrap Armed Forces Special Powers Act for saving India's democratic...
View ArticleWhy Japan is keen to see India emerge as a stabilising force in Asia
When Japan was a defeated power, detested and isolated in Asia, Jawaharlal Nehru had taken the initiative to establish diplomatic relations.Why Japan is keen to see India emerge as a stabilising force...
View ArticleThe ABC of G20: Emerging economies need to put their house in order
The financial crisis served to precipitate the growing realisation that economic interdependence needs to be governed for the benefit of all stakeholders.The ABC of G20: Emerging economies need to put...
View ArticleHow to leverage new land acquisition law to transform release of farm land...
What industry needs is not so much the ability to snatch land from helpless farmers at throwaway prices as a ready supply of land they can move into without fuss.How to leverage new land acquisition...
View ArticleDeconstructing the ordinance: Are convicts unworthy of becoming legislators?
Does SC order serve to enrich democracy? It does not, for reasons that range from defective working of the lower judiciary to reducing democracy to form.Deconstructing the ordinance: Are convicts...
View ArticleRBI must keep its focus on growth, let government handle inflation
The government has to take credible, coherent action to bring down the fiscal deficit, a potent source of excess demand in the system that feeds inflation.RBI must keep its focus on growth, let...
View ArticleRSS scaremongering over Muslim takeover of India irrational and insidious
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh joint secretary Dattatreya Hosabale called upon Hindus to start having more children.RSS scaremongering over Muslim takeover of India irrational and insidious
View ArticleWhy only few NRIs are shedding tears for Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade
Notion that you need a maid to be an emancipated woman professional is contrary to multiple American notions of self-worth & regard for manual work.Why only few NRIs are shedding tears for Indian...
View ArticleLeft needs some introspection, should not focus on patronising advice for AAP
The Left has to abandon its fixation on overthrow of capitalism, and instead work for reform, to broaden the participative base of fast, globalised growth.Left needs some introspection, should not...
View ArticleNarendra Modi’s economic plan shows no new ideas
The vision of India that Narendra Modi has outlined is a lot like the palace produced by the genie. It can have anything and everything.Narendra Modi’s economic plan shows no new ideas
View ArticleWorld has abandoned inflation-targeting, India must follow suit
India’s persistent inflation stems from ongoing structural transformation and more, rather than less, growth alone can curb the prices of superior foods.World has abandoned inflation-targeting, India...
View ArticleGet your politics right to realise your full potential
Since human beings are creative, and what and how they create impacts and is impacted by other human beings and transforms nature as well, finding this equilibrium is complex.Get your politics right to...
View ArticleSaradha fraud: Blame the RBI for the repressed formal financial sector
While condemning knavery and denouncing greed, let us also pin culpability for the mess in the financial sector on the real culprit: the RBI.
View ArticleKerala Model: Attainment of high social development at relatively low levels...
The Communist goal was to create a Soviet-type society, convinced as they were that Stalin’s Russia represented the superior future of mankind.
View ArticleA dozen alternatives to food subsidy for improved welfare of the poor
People starve to death during famines not because of a shortage of grain but because the famine dries up work, depriving people of purchasing power.
View ArticleScrap Armed Forces Special Powers Act for saving India's democratic core
AFSPA is a leftover from the Raj, designed to place the stamp of the law on what would otherwise be labelled extra-judicial killings.
View ArticleWhy Japan is keen to see India emerge as a stabilising force in Asia
When Japan was a defeated power, detested and isolated in Asia, Jawaharlal Nehru had taken the initiative to establish diplomatic relations.
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