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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

A Tepco official wearing radioactive protective gear stands in front of Advanced Liquid Processing Systems during a media tour at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in November 2014. Photo:AP

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Mohan Guruswamy | Nuclear bombast: Is there a method in the madness?

Since nuclear weapons cannot really be used, their only utility lies in the mere threat of their use

7 April 2022 12:39 AM IST

The shortage of working-age people and its unwillingness to alter its immigration policies to attract a more skilled workforce and to draw highly educated technology professionals due to age-old prejudices will cost Europe dearly. (Represenatational Image/ AFP)

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Mohan Guruswamy | As world is transforming, Europe getting irrelevant

Within two decades, global GDP and power rankings will see substantial changes

29 March 2022 12:52 AM IST

People crowd a market after further ease in COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, in Patna. (Representational Photo:PTI)

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Mohan Guruswamy | Small states are a must for better governance

Uttar Pradesh is larger in terms of population than Brazil, Japan or Bangladesh

22 March 2022 12:45 AM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | Why is Gondwana's land of Koitur left neglected?

Wherever the Gonds still speak their own language, they refer to themselves as Koi, or Koitur

18 March 2022 11:28 PM IST

Unlike some others, Indias Constitution doesnt recognise the institution of political parties. Its the same in other serious and major democracies. (Representational image: PTI)

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Mohan Guruswamy | Anti-defection law and inner-party democracy

Political parties are extra or non-constitutional arrangements to organise people on the basis of shared ideas,...

1 March 2022 6:48 AM IST

The Godhra incident, ahead of the 2002 Gujarat polls, led to a pogrom and polarised Gujarat as never before. (Representational Image/ Twitter)

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Mohan Guruswamy | Who lit the fire on Sabarmati Exp at Godhra 20 years...

A nation which forgives and forgets such huge assaults on its person is only condemned to suffer more of them

27 Feb 2022 2:19 AM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | On secularism, conversion and the nature of religion

The acceptance of democracy as a way of life implies that we accept that we hold certain rights to be inalienable

23 Feb 2022 2:36 AM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | What has led to failure of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?

We not only spit everywhere, we piss everywhere, we shit wherever and dump our garbage anywhere

15 Feb 2022 1:30 AM IST

Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows a hologram of the statue of Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose that was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi. (AFP)

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Mohan Guruswamy | RSS and freedom struggle: Still in search of...

One now has to see the move to instal the statue of Subhas Chandra Bose in the vacant canopy on Rajpath as another act...

27 Jan 2022 3:03 AM IST

Union minister of state for food and public distribution system, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, stated in Lok Sabha that in terms of rice, Punjab had contributed 135.89 LMTs while Telangana contributed 94.57 LMTs. (Representational image: PTI)

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Mohan Guruswamy | The downfall of Punjab: Can it be model' again?

From a breadbasket state it has now become a basket case that is engorged on huge subsidies such as MSP and free...

18 Jan 2022 1:39 AM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | An important lesson from history for Narendra Modi

What is worrisome is that we know history is not Mr Modi's forte

12 Jan 2022 1:29 AM IST

Democracy is pointless without debate and discussion. (Representational Image/ PTI)

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Mohan Guruswamy | Dysfunctional Parl leads to a dysfunctional...

Legislatures and Parliaments, while meant to be self-governing, still are in need of governing

5 Jan 2022 1:23 AM IST