Can’t waive them away

Thursday 20 March '08

Let us recognise that money-lending is not evil. It performs a useful function

What aam kisans want

Monday 10 March '08

India faces an agro-cum-rural crisis. To understand it, ask, why do poor farmers borrow?

Too politically correct

Saturday 1 March '08

Populism leading to electoral gains is a doubtful proposition if elections are more than a year away

150 Years Later

Sunday 24 February '08

A sweeping study of the uprising

Double standards are good

Thursday 21 February '08

At the time of European unification, I remember reading a report about problems...

Just another budget day

Friday 8 February '08

If one ignores individuals who occupy portfolios and focuses on portfolios instead...

Save lives, not laws

Friday 1 February '08

There is understandable moral indignation at the kidney racket.

The recession decision

Thursday 24 January '08

In December 2007, an opinion poll was conducted among US voters.

States of disorder

Friday 18 January '08

As Rajasthan starts ISO certification for police stations, debate must shift to police reform.

ID, therefore I’m not

Saturday 12 January '08

The prime minister’s upcoming visit to China in January may introduce his Delhi government officials...

Reinvention of Ashoka’s Wheel

Sunday 13 January '08

The Mauryan emperor and Kautilya get repackaged for a globalised world

Merchants of development

Thursday 27 December '07

The CPM has told us Narendra Modi cannot be defeated electorally.

IDIOM OF OUTRANGE

Sunday 23 December '07

Tavleen Singh’s collection of columns over 20 years should be read forthe tragedy of the mis-governance agenda.

Let’s not throw the baby out

Thursday 13 December '07

Members of the executive and legislature will rub their hands with glee at the judiciary’s self-censure.

No fairy tales, please

Thursday 6 December '07

What is common between Krishhey Sameer Thacker and R.B. Akshithaa? The former was 56 days old and the latter 44 days old when they got their PAN cards.

Politics of bans and rights

Wednesday 28 November '07

I disagree with what you have to say, but will fight to the death to protect your right to say it.

What Bengal does today...

Saturday 24 November '07

In the capital, at a cross-road near JNU, there is a traffic light that hasn’t functioned for a week.

Karnataka Bangalored

Wednesday 21 November '07

Economically, Karnataka is one of India’s better-performing states, although performance is a function of the indicator used.

The $100 oil question

Monday 12 November '07

Will the high price of petroleum products derail India’s growth? Unlikely

No Rules Please,We’re Indian

Sunday 11 November '07

Rama Bijapurkar makes sense of the Indian consumer and shows how imported theories of how s/he buys are bound to fail

Let the rupee go

Wednesday 31 October '07

Policymakers in the world’s fourth-largest economy should relax a bit more.

Boom Goes Bust

Sunday 21 October '07

A western quickie on the India story traipses through the Kumbh Mela, Kashmir and everything in between, but is little more than a cheap tourist companiond

Nobel, in theory and practice

Wednesday 17 October '07

The Nobel Prize in Economics for 2007 has been awarded to Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson...

Officials’ secret acts

Monday 8 October '07

Government can decide to not share some information. But that decision can’t be made by opaque, dangerous and silly rules

What UPA won’t tell you

Monday 1 October '07

Look at economic data: State policy, not market outcome, is the biggest driver of income inequality.