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A K Bhattacharya
A K Bhattacharya
A K Bhattacharya is editorial director, Business Standard.
A K Bhattacharya is editorial director, Business Standard.
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Are we headed to the IMF?
A rapidly deteriorating balance of payments may warrant that but the political climate is too risky
The next RBI governor
If the past is any guide, Arvind Mayaram is the front runner among the three reported candidates for central bank governorship
No comments, please
Tackling the daily movement of the rupee is a task better left to Mint Road rather than North Block
Manto eternal outsider
Historian Ayesha Jalal's biography of the writer captures the angst of a sensitive man forced to make choices that left him disillusioned
Reshuffle, smartly
A Cabinet reshuffle aimed at streamlining the central ministries could help speed up long-overdue administrative reform
No end to the BJP's woes
Rarely have the fortunes of a political party been so inversely related to the future of a few of its key leaders
 "No end to the BJP's woes")
Deficit miracles
The finance minister has achieved some impressive fiscal consolidation. Maybe he should raise the bar for next year
Not a dual power centre
The removal of the law and railway ministers could have been a display of the prime minister's ultimate sign of authority. But this was presented by the Congress as part of a joint decision taken by D
Corrupting the PPP model
Outsourcing government services to the private sector will work only if the system is monitored properly
Badal's business case
The era of governance by committees and low-priced resources is over, says the Punjab deputy chief minister
The Opposition mess
In the UPA's second tenure, the conduct of the Opposition, which should have offered an alternative, has been no less disquieting
Not so parliamentary
The Joint Parliamentary Committees cannot be expected to serve their intended purpose unless national interests are put above partisan politics
Evolution of a Sanskritist
Unrestrained by the need to address a foreign audience, Wendy Doniger seeks to answer all the questions Hindus might have about their religion in an impressive collection of essays
 "Evolution of a Sanskritist")
Central parsimony
Financially strapped, the Centre is increasingly leaning on the states to pick up a larger share of welfare schemes