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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
    Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    India, China and what gives in the Maldives

    The Maldives was the last South Asian country to be decolonised, which was in 1965.

    26 Feb 2018 12:04 AM IST

    Tigers are extremely territorial, so they will fight other animals and even other tigers that invade their space.Opinion
    Tipeshwar's tigers: Doomed by success

    The Maharashtra forest department has done a great job of conservation and protecting this forest.

    20 Feb 2018 7:09 AM IST

    Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of Narendra Modi-led NDA government presented the Union budget 2018-19 on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Budget 2018-19: More sleight of hand

    The government has announced that it will fund eight crore new stoves and cylinders on getting a gas connection.

    2 Feb 2018 4:56 AM IST

    A professional tax is proposed to be levied on individuals, who have an annual income of Rs 5 lakh. This would generate Rs 5 crore, the budget document read.Opinion
    FM's Budget options are severely limited

    The pattern of taxing and borrowing changed hugely over the years. The incidence of taxes has come down and the extent...

    29 Jan 2018 12:20 AM IST

    Winston Churchill (Photo: AP)Opinion
    A nation that ignores its darkest hour

    Winston Churchill is still a very outsized figure in India.

    26 Jan 2018 1:44 AM IST

    Finance Minister Arun JaitleyOpinion
    2018: Interesting times ahead

    The number of terrorists killed in 2017 (till December 1) is now over 200 and the highest in seven years.

    1 Jan 2018 3:26 AM IST

    It now needs to be mandated by law that for minerals extracted in tribal areas the royalty received should be earmarked to the local administration. (Representatonal image)Opinion
    Adivasi unrest: What is to be done?

    Only the Adivasi Mahapanchayat should be vested with the power to give mineral exploitation licenses to corporations.

    25 Dec 2017 2:09 AM IST

    Eighteen opposition parties have come together to take on the government in parliament during the Monsoon Session beginning July 17 over demonetisation, GST and various other issues, according to political sources. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Governance failing as Houses dysfunctional

    Democracy is a system of government by compromises and accommodation.

    21 Dec 2017 1:32 AM IST

    India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    India, China can neither give, nor take

    The two countries have been engaged in frequent talks at various levels since 1981.

    18 Dec 2017 1:47 AM IST

    What little the Indian State apportions to the welfare and development of indigenous people gets absorbed in the porous layers of our public administration.Opinion
    As adivasis ignored, rage is brewing

    Tribal people account for 8.2 per cent of India's population.

    8 Dec 2017 6:35 AM IST

    The Gonds are now a culturally and linguistically heterogeneous people, having attained much cultural uniformity with the dominant linguistic influences of their region. (Representational image)Opinion
    Gondwana: The homeland of adivasis

    The process of Hinduisation combined with Hindi culture has reduced the egalitarian Koitur to the bottom of the social...

    5 Dec 2017 5:42 AM IST

    Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft (Photo: Youtube screengrab)Opinion
    IAF's 36 Rafales: What's the noise about?

    The Rafale is a top class 4+ generation fighter. Perhaps even the best.

    28 Nov 2017 5:18 AM IST

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