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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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Go beyond cash, lies & sound bytes

The last two months have showed who actually gets hurt when government indulges in stupid policy-making.

4 Jan 2017 1:46 AM IST

RBI kept interest rates unchanged despite calls for lowering it while it slashed the economic growth projection by half a per cent to 7.1 in the first policy review post demonetisation.

Opinion

Year of outrageous lies

That growth fell 6% in November to 1.34 million and the industry expects it to fall by a huge 35% in December, lowest...

31 Dec 2016 3:01 AM IST

FIle photo of villagers queuing up in front of a bank branch to withdraw cash in Mirzapur recently. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

360 Degree: Notes from a ban

The PM had asked for 50 days to fix India's troubles after the Nov. 8 demonetisation. We are close to deadline and...

25 Dec 2016 1:46 AM IST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

Opinion

25 years after USSR: Will Russian spring return?

No sooner had Gorbachev finished, the red flag came down from the top of the Senate dome in the Kremlin for the last...

24 Dec 2016 5:04 AM IST

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi address at the inauguration ceremony of the Amul Cheese Plant and Whey Drying Pant, in Palanpur, Banaskantha, Gujarat. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Tales of notebandi the PM can't hear...

There isn't even the slightest sign that Narendra Modi has realised the massive goof-up his demonetisation policy has...

21 Dec 2016 12:59 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he delivers a speech after the awards ceremony of National Awards for Excellence in Journalism, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

This voodoo economics' has no place

I have never been an admirer of Manmohan Singh for many reasons.

15 Dec 2016 12:58 AM IST

Books

Book review: A difficult story of Tibet and Xinjiang

Xinjiang and Tibet occupy 1.6 and 1.2 million square kilometers respectively of China's 9.6 million square kilometers.

4 Dec 2016 3:16 AM IST

In recent times we have had some articles suggesting that the Chinese attack on India in 1962 was coordinated to coincide with the missiles being sent to Cuba. (Photo: AP/File )

Opinion

Some '62 lessons to remember

Nikita Khrushchev blinked first and the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba.

1 Dec 2016 2:08 AM IST

People stand in queue to deposit or exchange their old currency notes outside a bank in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

Note ban: The demonisation has begun

Mr Modi is now hollering that he is fighting for the vast mass of the poor who have been looted all these decades by the...

25 Nov 2016 12:22 AM IST