Rigour in the margins
Pratap Bhanu Mehta : Thu Nov 15 2012, 03:00 hrs
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In an age of instrumental values, this has to be said: for all the limitations of Indian intellectual life, the marginal intellectual return on money spent on good institutions in India is still very high. The CSDS's intellectual identity has been an inoculation against the allures of superficial branding, whether it is in politics or academia. It deserves acknowledgment.
The writer, president of the Centre for Policy Research, is contributing editor, `The Indian Express'
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