Columns
As rupee falls, trouble in economy snowballs
A further fall in stock market prices would lead to FIIs pulling more money out of the country and a further fall in the rupee.
06 Oct 2018 1:53 PM
Modernisation of China and what lessons it has for Pakistan
In a Xi’an market, a stall owner makes his money selling facsimile currency notes for use at schools.
05 Oct 2018 1:32 AM
Maya jolt to Opposition unity: Is BJP glee premature?
Among the three states, the Congress has the least of problems in Rajasthan because the party unit is working more cohesively than in MP.
05 Oct 2018 12:59 AM
Putin in India: Test of a strategic partnership
Russia is under pressure from Western actions seeking to constrain its international political and economic activity.
04 Oct 2018 12:09 AM
Hysteria over Kavanaugh: US Prez firm on SC rightward shift
It’s hardly a state secret, of course, that the US SC features a bench broadly divided between conservatives and liberals.
04 Oct 2018 12:06 AM
India’s ostrich club and the global recession
The moral of the market economy is that small disasters trigger bigger ones, potentially.
03 Oct 2018 1:31 AM
Nationalism is eroding democracy
That’s a popular drug these days, and all we have to do is look next door at India to see the consequences.
02 Oct 2018 12:25 AM
Serve poorest of the poor, be a Gandhian!
Gandhian values sound decidedly quirky as personal and institutional traits in the modern world.
02 Oct 2018 12:15 AM
Brands work ethically if civil society acts unitedly
Behind the Brands is a campaign launched by Oxfam to “help create a world where everybody has enough to eat”.
01 Oct 2018 5:50 AM
A touch of maturity in India-Pak ties needed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absence was understandable as he faces crucial state and then parliamentary elections.
01 Oct 2018 12:05 AM