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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
    Telangana had backwardness written into its geography. It had backwardness written into its sociology. And it had backwardness hard-wired into its mentality. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Andhra & Telangana: The trial marriage that failed

    The story is of a deep cultural divide between two peoples united by language but divided by habits, values, history and...

    25 Jan 2023 12:05 AM IST

    File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi waving at people from the Bogibeel Bridge, the longest rail-cum-road bridge on Brahmaputra river. (Representational Image/PTI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Will linking rivers' work, or end up as a disaster?

    The project, when completed, will consist of 30 links, with 36 dams and 10,800 km of canals diverting 174,000 million...

    10 Jan 2023 12:00 AM IST

    Far from being the competitors of the United States, China and India are still its under-economies, serving it with cheap labour working on repetitive jobs and repetitive number crunching. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | What is the prescription for America's many ills?

    The problem with the US is, it lives far beyond its means and its profligacy has left it as a debtor, unable to pay its...

    27 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    It is now up to Rahul Gandhi to nurture inner-party democracy by deferring to Mr Kharge as the leader and letting him run the party. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Dynastic politics in India: Long live our democracy!

    Except for the CPI(M) and the BJP, every political party in India has a dynastic line of succession, or more aptly...

    20 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

    If there are two large and rising powers in a region, rivalry is inevitable. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Are India and China going to be rivals for all time?

    The roots of our problem with China go back a couple of hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in...

    6 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | The 1962 India-China war: In dubious battle

    Governmental decision-making still characterised by ad hocism and a tendency to grandstand

    22 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states in Surajkund, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Reforming public sector doesn't mean selling it

    Mr PM Modi dismantled all these councils and committees and everything is now concentrated with him

    8 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | Desis in America: How some think and behave

    Gujaratis, referred to within the desi community as Gujjus, are more entrepreneurial by nature and tend to be in...

    19 Oct 2022 6:56 AM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | Only small states will be able to save the republic

    Demand for new administrative units will be a continuous one, one that seeks to bring distant provincial govts in remote...

    11 Oct 2022 12:05 AM IST

    True justice cannot be based on unjust laws, though it is possible to have a law-abiding society with the most unjust laws in place.(Photo credit: Department of Justice, Governemnt of India)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Towards a common civil & secular code for India

    When the equality doctrine prevails, it will entail that in matters of maintenance and alimony

    21 Sept 2022 2:50 AM IST

    The roots of our problem with China go back a few hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July 1807 (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | How India got saddled with Aksai Chin mess

    The Indian case for ownership of Aksai Chin, or the white desert, rests essentially on the cartographic exertions of a...

    23 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

    A file photo of Red Fort. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | How did we do in 75 years? Clearly, better than most

    If India were to be horizontally sliced by income, it can be said to be three overlaid countries

    18 Aug 2022 11:53 PM IST

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