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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
    According to the World Health Organisation, there are approximately 120 million smokers in India, and India is the home of 12 per cent of the worlds smokers.Opinion
    Act swiftly now, or allow India to go up in smoke!

    Objectively speaking, this is not a bad situation at all, and is proof that govt policy, whether deliberate or...

    11 Oct 2019 5:12 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    On finding a democratic alternative to the RSS

    The growing rejection of dynastic fate is in evidence all over the new India.

    18 Sept 2019 1:52 AM IST

    The court had expressed reservation about religious conversion on the basis of mere affidavit on a stamppaper.Opinion
    Conversion: The next frontier for Modi govt?

    The acceptance of democracy as a way of life implies that we have accepted that we hold certain rights to be...

    9 Sept 2019 1:06 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Will a CDS mean the end of inter-service wars?

    It would suffice to say that every major military power in the world has a combined defence organisation.

    19 Aug 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Unless there is a complete change of mindset, that we accept we are predominantly an agriculture based nation, and always have been, the malaise will continue.Opinion
    What the economy needs now

    Agriculture is still the mainstay of employment.

    14 Aug 2019 1:24 AM IST

    Security personnel stand guard during restrictions in Jammu on Monday. Restrictions and night curfews were imposed in several districts of Jammu and Kashmir as the Valley remained on edge with the authorities stepping up security deployment. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    J&K's bifurcation: A huge step backwards

    One thing is almost certain. India will have very few now batting for it in the Kashmir Valley, and the Muslim dominated...

    6 Aug 2019 5:05 AM IST

    Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Jaipal Reddy (Photo: File)Opinion
    S Jaipal Reddy (1942-2019): Remembering a friend and mentor

    When Indira Gandhi suspended democracy with the 1975 Emergency, it was the green light for him to openly oppose her.

    29 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    Naga crisis: Modiji, where's the creative solution'?

    Nagaland state spans over 6,500 sq.m. and has a population of about two million.

    24 July 2019 1:34 AM IST

    India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Decongesting Delhi, one PSU at a time

    Shifting many of these out of New Delhi will not in anyway impair their abilities.

    9 July 2019 12:25 AM IST

    BJP senior leader LK Advani during the release of the Commemorative volumes on Chandra Shekhar and Jagannath Rao Joshi at the Parliament Library building in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    When LK Advani apologised to Sonia Gandhi

    There are many others who were viscerally opposed to the Congress Party's style of government and what it represents.

    1 July 2019 12:05 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump said Friday that North Koreas recent missile tests were not a breach of trust. (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Why an ABM system for Delhi alone?

    The issue of vulnerability to a decapitating attack on the national leadership has been the subject of much discussion

    12 Jun 2019 1:03 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    How to get the stalled lane moving?

    A vast section of India is being left behind even as India races to become a major global economy.

    30 May 2019 12:07 AM IST

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