P Chidambaram is happy to read well-reasoned articles on India at 70 and particularly about the state of the economy.
Freedom, a written Constitution, parliamentary system of government, and rule of law have several purposes and objectives: one of the…
Given Bihar’s poverty, joblessness and divisiveness, it is astonishing to know that there is someone who regards the chair of…
The world is nowhere close to embracing Pope John’s impassioned declaration “No more war, never again war”. Since the end…
There is A government policy for everything. It is often gobbledygook, for example the Import-Export Policy until 1991-92.
The government leaders in Tamil Nadu are ‘eating’ every day at every opportunity.
Nothing is more exhilarating than the promise of change, especially if it will be a change for the better. When…
Not many years ago we made a tryst with destination tax, and now the time comes when we shall redeem…
Farmers’ agitations are spreading across many states. It is the culmination of the acute distress in the farm sector that…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was therefore absolutely right when he stated that his government’s goal was to give the highest…
There are three kinds of people who claim to have some knowledge of the state of the economy—economists, quacks and…
In a democracy, people vote a party (or parties) into government so that their ‘lives will be better’. That phrase,…
Speaking truth to power is a rare virtue. Dr Arvind Subramanian, the chief economic adviser (CEA), has that virtue.
In the ranking of 198 countries on religious intolerance, India stands at fourth from the bottom, he says.
Once in a few years, there arrives a moment when the whole nation appears to share the same mood—of celebration…
Last week, I found myself in the unenviable position of not being able to either own or disown a report…
Aadhaar, a unique identification number to every citizen, was an idea born in 2009. Was it an idea ahead of…
I have written many times on the situation in Jammu & Kashmir with particular reference to the situation in the…
