Across the Aisle: Government rides a winged horse, writes P Chidambaram
When a storm broke out on snooping on political leaders, judges, journalists, civil rights activists, students, businesspersons and social friends of the ‘chosen people’, it was revealed that owners of thousands of mobile
Across the Aisle: The sovereign looks the other way, writes P Chidambaram
Apart from the sovereign, there are bodies that are regarded as quasi-sovereigns for reasons that I shall not elaborate for want of space. Among them are the Central bank (RBI) and government-owned large banks (e.g., SBI).
Across the Aisle: The ghost takes form and shape, writes P Chidambaram
When this controversy was building, four institutions of India — supposedly watchdogs — failed the country: the media, the Supreme Court, Parliament and the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG).
Across the Aisle: We had wings, learned to fly, writes P Chidambaram
There was a political consensus on a State-controlled economy, monopoly or dominance of the public sector, import control, fixed exchange rate, licensing, and a suspicion of markets.
Across the Aisle: Most Severely Mauled Enterprises, writes P Chidambaram
Throughout this terrible phase, I have watched the fortunes of agriculture, micro, small & medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the services sector because, between them, they employ the bulk of the labour force.
Across the Aisle by P Chidambaram: Will we write an elegy for GST?
Enter Ms Nirmala Sitharaman. At every successive meeting of the Council there has been only more conflict, confrontation and, now, almost a complete breakdown of mutual trust and respect.
Across the Aisle: Take responsibility, consult, make plans, writes P Chidambaram
On their part, the state governments and the Opposition must move on. We must clear the mess and achieve the targets set by epidemiologists and health experts.
Across The Aisle: The bird and the worm agree, writes P Chidambaram
The NSO and the local survey — the bird and the worm — saw the same picture on the ground. That is a happy congruence which leaves the Finance Minister and the Chief Economic Adviser locked in an echo chamber.
Across the Aisle: A bigger calamity awaits us, writes P Chidambaram
However, there is one thing about the future that is no longer uncertain. It is about the economic conditions of the people of the country. It will be worse than it should be, inequality will increase and the vast majority of
Across the Aisle: One pandemic, many casualties, writes P Chidambaram
The only thing that is certain is that everything about coronavirus is uncertain and unpredictable. It has overwhelmed many governments.
Across The Aisle: Not the age of reason, writes P Chidambaram
No party can escape blame. Some tried hard despite obstacles, some faltered, and some buried the facts and relied on bluff and bluster. The victims are the people.
Across the Aisle: Modi versus Didi and other battles, writes P Chidambaram
The comforting truth is that there are stable governments in the four states with the winning side having got an absolute majority and the losing side a respectable number to sit in the State Assembly as the Opposition.
Across The Aisle: From crisis to catastrophe, writes P Chidambaram
I shall not be surprised if hospital administrators are besieged by angry protesters in much the same way it is happening now in the case of shortage of hospital beds and oxygen.
Across The Aisle: After 7 years, deprivation, disease and death
The quality of governance has sunk to an abysmal low. The result is what we see around us — deprivation, debt, disease and death. Did the people who voted the government to power in 2019 deserve this? I would say NO.
Elections are less free and fair
The Election Commission (EC) was fiercely independent: for instance, it acknowledged the logic of allotting a common symbol to all the candidates of the AIADMK (though it was not a recognised party and had won only one by-ele
The ghost of Rafale appears
They trust the institutions that they have installed to tackle these challenges including Parliament/Legislature, the judiciary, the free media, the CAG and the Opposition political parties.
Across the Aisle: Modi thought and its consequences, writes P Chidambaram
Polling will be completed in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the U.T. of Puducherry two days from today and part-completed in West Bengal, with five phases remaining. The BJP has high stakes in Assam and West Bengal and is maki
Across the Aisle: Go back, Viceroy of Delhi
Delhi is the National Capital of India. It is acknowledged that the government of Delhi has to be different from the governments of states; yet, if that government must be a democratic government, it must put the people at th
Coalitions are collaborations better than single party autocratic regimes and deliver better outcomes
There are many examples at the state level. The DMK was founded on regional pride, love of Tamil, self-respect, anti-superstition and anti-caste. Its splinter, the AIADMK, was ostensibly born out of a crusade against corrupti
Across The Aisle: The tragedy of the missing middle, writes P Chidambaram
Given that the bottom 20 per cent of any developing country must be assumed to be poor, that leaves 7 per cent which may be called the middle class.
Across The Aisle: Besides economy, freedom is sliding
Amidst a shallow and short-lived recovery and private investment missing, any celebration is totally premature. We must await the estimates for Q4 and for the whole year as well as the indicators for health and education, wri
Across The Aisle: Courts sound the bell for liberty
Never before in the history of independent India have the powers of the State been mobilised so ruthlessly to suppress every voice of dissent or protest or defiance.
Numbers do not lie: ‘attempt to fudge the numbers and present a so-called ‘budget for growth’ is unpardonable’
When the Budget for 2020-21 was presented on February 1, 2020, I had questioned the credibility of the three key numbers.
The quintessential andolanjeevi
A dissenting mind belongs to a thinking person. Great judges have been great dissenters: Justice Frankfurter, Justice Subba Rao, Justice H R Khanna and others.
Across the Aisle: A calculating head but no heart
The most deserving were left to their fate. Since I had no expectations, I have no disappointment, but millions of others feel cheated, writes P Chidambaram.
No expectations, no disappointment
All but one ally have left the NDA; the crypto-allies (YSRCP, TRS, BJD, BSP) have distanced themselves on contentious issues; and the alienation between the Treasury Benches and the Opposition is complete.
Across the Aisle: ‘Exact words’ is a betrayal, writes P Chidambaram
All this is bad news for Mr Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and among the richest persons in the world.
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