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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
    The Indian flag flies at the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on Sunday. The Jammu & Kashmir flag has been removed after the abrogation of Article 370. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Stop meddle & muddle: Rework regional policy

    Our diplomats have tended to be overbearing with the smaller non-hostile neighbours, often treating them like errant...

    9 March 2021 11:17 AM IST

    Indian army soldiers ride in a convoy along a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on 17 June 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | India must learn from Chanakya, not a Shah!

    India's pursuit of iron-clad national security and global status ambitions makes it annually import as much as $20...

    4 March 2021 7:10 AM IST

    While it can be argued that a Security Council of a smaller number of countries is desirable to make the UN effective, it must also reflect world realities and be more representative of its diversity. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Does India want to be a Tier-2 UNSC member?

    India has asked for a greater and comprehensive reform in the responses, processes and character of the UN

    9 Feb 2021 4:42 AM IST

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, February 03, 2021Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | No new taxes? Budget's Mahabharata lessons

    Even in a much smaller economy like India, in the ultimate analysis it's the state of the economy that determines...

    4 Feb 2021 7:20 AM IST

    The Delhi Gymkhana Club. Photo: delhigymkhana.org.inOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Elite clubs bastions of hereditary entitlement

    After the white man departed, these clubs turned into a preserve of the new Indian elite -- many called them the 'brown...

    1 Feb 2021 7:17 AM IST

    US President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris (L) signs a a Made in America Executive Order, to increase the amount of federal spending that goes to American companies in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (JIM Watson / AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Biden's real challenge is to fix America's finances

    The American crisis began unfolding when Richard Nixon disengaged the US dollar from the gold standard

    27 Jan 2021 7:23 AM IST

    Given its abject failures on the economic front, the BJP/RSS regime in New Delhi is now pushing India towards a Hindutva nationhood, by seeking to victimise a minority for the perceived wrongs and slights of the past. (Representative Photo:AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | An important lesson from India's history for PM Modi

    An intolerant religion can never be the basis of nationhood and national unity in India

    17 Jan 2021 4:29 AM IST

    o make farming profitable, two things need to happen. One is that fewer people be involved in it, and the other is that farm produce gets higher prices (PTI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Farmers' stir link with rural distress tenuous

    The suicide rate in India, an agrarian economy, was 13 per 100,000, the rate in industrialised, rich countries was often...

    29 Dec 2020 4:06 AM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | Christmas '91: The day Red Flag was lowered

    For most of that decade, Russia teetered on the brink with Yeltsin's mood swings worsened by the alcoholic haze he was...

    24 Dec 2020 12:00 AM IST

    Parliament of India (Photo credit:Twitter)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Parliament dysfunctional due to competitive politics

    The evolution of our politics into a non-ideological political competition has seen the demise of discussion and debate...

    21 Dec 2020 7:28 AM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | How rise in inequality distorts Indian society

    The nature of the institutions determines outcomes, not the means of production or processes

    18 Dec 2020 7:25 AM IST

    Brahmaputra River (Photo: Youtube)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Worry on Brahmaputra waters seems misplaced

    A published paper estimates that the utilisable water of the Brahmaputra system is just four percent of the total...

    8 Dec 2020 9:16 AM IST

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