Subsidised to suffer
Every budget, every election campaign, every presidential address to Parliament, brings new promises, homilies and subsidies for our farmer.



State of stalemate
On the seventh day, the Opposition did not rest. Once again it successfully stalled Lok Sabha proceedings on the controversial RSS issue, which is fast becoming a definitional one for the ruling coalition.



The money means we can now fund our dreams
Forget the media hype of my being worth Rs 400 crore by virtue of the stock market value of my stake in TV18, or of Azim Premji being the second richest man in the world. It's all funny money. The moment we try to encash it, by selling our shares, it will disappear!



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