Of all the vignettes of that night that stay with me as I travelled past the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and…
What exactly will the Group of 20 countries do in Washington which they have not so far? Going into the…
Governments can do only certain things?they can work in abnormal situations spectacularly. They just do not deliver when the need…
This was the right week to pick up Thomas Friedman?s new book. There is too much of the enveloping global…
Nearer home, there are reports that RBI may cut rates despite inflationary concerns to ensure that growth concerns are not…
As the corporate score cards tumble out, all listed companies including those which have very little exposure abroad and of…
Within less than a decade, the evocative term illiberal democracy has spawned a literature that is still expanding.
Emerging markets have not turned out to be a problem the way they did in 1997. It is the crisis…
In a span of three months, the rupee has lost more than 7% of its value against the US dollar.…
At least a dozen listed Indian companies will soon have to decide whether to refinance or raise additional equity to…
The one clear lesson a farmer should draw from this inflationary episode is that the only path to economic progress…
Are professional economists running out of themes to bite into? Or the repeated business cycles going a tad monotonous with…
Low procurement would reduce the scope for global traders to take a one-way bet on how India would behave
Having jettisoned the delusion that keeping windows closed would save us from financial turmoil, it is essential to adopt the…
Keeping aside the issues relating to the moral hazard arising from the farm loan package, the Rs 60,000 crore estimate…
The benefits?and, therefore, the political capital?from the government?s Rs 60,000-crore debt waiver for farmers announced in Budget 2008-09 may prove…
By tomorrow, the data on index of industrial production for January 2008 would be released. This data will tell the…
Can anyone remember the last time financial papers went ecstatic about retaining tax sops for small savings? In just about…
