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Mohan Guruswamy
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The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy
    PM Narendra Modi (PTI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | History is ignored: The march of folly

    There are dangers when the system leaves all decision-making to one individual, Others stop thinking

    27 May 2020 7:24 PM IST

    Migrants carrying their luggage walk to board buses after arriving from Kanpur via Shramik Special train at Hatia Railway Station, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ranchi. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy: Will migrants' misery lead to a revolution?

    The working class is nothing without the unorganised workers. In 2019, there were around 510 million workers in India

    18 May 2020 7:37 PM IST

    Migrant workers from Akola district of Maharashtra walk along Mumbai-Nashik highway to reach their native places, during a nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, in Thane. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy: Let's rethink the draconian curbs

    India has over 410 million workers in the unorganised sector, a majority of whom are daily-wagers earning little more...

    29 April 2020 5:04 PM IST

    Former prime minister Chandra Shekhar.Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy: India remembers Chandra Shekhar, a most civilised man...

    Chandra Shekhar believed that politics without passion was meaningless. That policy without compassion was useless.

    17 April 2020 7:41 PM IST

    A view of the New Delhi railway station showing services at a standstill. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy: Where's the money? Just shake the tree and pick the...

    The 1.7 lakh crore economic revival plan is just not enough. The government needs to be bolder than that

    13 April 2020 10:15 PM IST

    AP PhpOpinion
    Covid19 outbreak: Tackling the effects of ill-concieved policies

    The goal of social distancing is a hugely unfulfilled aspiration

    1 April 2020 10:14 AM IST

    A street scene from what was then Calcutta, many decades ago.India
    Oh Calcutta! Memories of bombs, gang warfare on streets, fish head dal...

    The first one, and one I recall as vividly as something that happened just now, goes back to November 1969.

    20 Feb 2020 2:31 AM IST

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Photo: ANI)Opinion
    Sitharaman Budget: Long in form, short in content

    Indirect taxes involve a bigger population cohort considering that the consumer finally pays the GST. Thus, even a...

    2 Feb 2020 6:36 AM IST

    Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in LA on June 5, 1968, shortly after winning the California presidential primaries the same year. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Think tanks' role growing: Is that a good thing?

    The United States always had a tradition of academics and policy wonks flitting in and out of government for short...

    20 Jan 2020 1:50 AM IST

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow had grounds to appeal a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to bar Russia from major sporting events, a move he said violated the Olympic charter. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    After Putin: Will Russia see new spring in winter?

    Putin's image has been corroded by overexposure.

    2 Jan 2020 1:46 AM IST

    Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan ReddyOpinion
    Separation of powers doesn't mean 3 capitals

    The idea seems to be driven by dispensing economic gains (and real estate) to the state's three main socio-political...

    27 Dec 2019 4:30 AM IST

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held the first China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers Dialogue in Beijing with his Afghanistan and Pakistan counterparts Salahuddin Rabbani and Khawaja Muhammad Asif respectively. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    India-China talks in Agra: No give nor take

    Aksai Chin lies between Jammu and Kashmir, and China's Xinjiang province, both regions that are also riven by separatist...

    20 Dec 2019 1:29 AM IST

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