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About the AuthorMohan Guruswamy
The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy
    Mohan Guruswamy | How Rising Inequality Leads To Distorting Indian SocietyColumnists
    Mohan Guruswamy | How Rising Inequality Leads To Distorting Indian...

    It is said that an analysis of the Kindle readers of the Piketty book revealed that a typical reader got through 26 of...

    17 Dec 2025 1:29 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Eighth Pay Panel: More Peanuts for Monkeys?Columnists
    Mohan Guruswamy | Eighth Pay Panel: More Peanuts for Monkeys?

    The composition of the Eighth Pay Commission has been announced. It will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana...

    19 Nov 2025 9:01 PM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | The Battle For Bihar: Democracy Is Dead…Long Live Democracy!Columnists
    Mohan Guruswamy | The Battle For Bihar: Democracy Is Dead…Long Live...

    The democratic path depends most upon one human quality: restraint. From restraint flows the spirit of accommodation,...

    4 Nov 2025 10:38 PM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | RSS Had Played No Role in Hyderabad Joining IndiaColumnists
    Mohan Guruswamy | RSS Had Played No Role in Hyderabad Joining India

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Telangana BJP have once again demanded that the state government must celebrate the...

    8 Sept 2025 10:34 PM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Have No Illusions On What Hyderabad Was Before It Was A Part Of The UnionColumnists
    Mohan Guruswamy | Have No Illusions On What Hyderabad Was Before It...

    The city is dotted with numerous institutions in their unique architecture which stand testimony to his proclivity for...

    28 May 2025 1:20 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Indus Waters: Yawning Gap Between Threat and RealityColumnists
    Mohan Guruswamy | Indus Waters: Yawning Gap Between Threat and Reality

    The geography makes it next to impossible to stop the flow of the waters from the Indus, Chenab and Jhelum. Yet there...

    25 April 2025 11:22 PM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Hyderabad connection with the Kumaonis who won eternal honour at Rezang La in 1962Columnists
    Mohan Guruswamy | Hyderabad connection with the Kumaonis who won...

    When I first began researching the Rezang La story after having visited Chushul in the early 1990s, I...

    15 Nov 2024 12:26 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Without fair defence, right to fair trial is meaninglessColumnists
    Mohan Guruswamy | Without fair defence, right to fair trial is...

    Earlier this month, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud decided to hear the matter related to the...

    27 Aug 2024 12:12 AM IST

    Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla conducts proceedings in the House during ongoing Parliament session, in New Delhi, Monday, July 1, 2024. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Rethink Speaker's role: Can we look outside the...

    Lok Sabha Speaker's recent remarks prompt a critical reflection on the role & conduct of Speakers in maintaining...

    1 July 2024 11:45 PM IST

    The results also cut Mr Modi down to a more realistic size. (Image: X)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Pyrrhic win: Will hubris make way for humility?

    Examining the repercussions of PM Modi's recent electoral win amidst declining support and growing opposition

    6 Jun 2024 12:00 AM IST

    Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first Prime Minister, whose vision and leadership laid the foundation for modern India. (DC File ImageOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | India's good fortune to have had Nehru at the...

    Remembering Jawaharlal Nehru: Sixty years since the passing of India's first Prime Minister

    27 May 2024 12:05 AM IST

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | The importance of being Tibet's 14th Dalai Lama

    As the 14th Dalai Lama ages, Tibet and its exiled community brace for potential power shifts and increased tensions with...

    19 May 2024 12:05 AM IST

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