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Almost as puzzling as the ill-timed rise of Mr Shinde were the cries of joy greeting P Chidambaram?s move to the finance ministry
Growth-killing monetary policy is being made on the basis of inconsistent, incomplete, out-of-date theory
The continuing optimist
Government is not supposed to be poor, it is supposed to work for those of us who are
The new FM must remember the difference between India today and in Mrs Gandhi's time
Edward Luce rehearses the familiar story of the USA¿s declining global economic power, but offers little that is new in terms of analysis
In a movie supposedly realistic, Dibakar Banerjee cannot handle politics except as a joke, with a party named "India Bane Pardes"
Clearly, Mr Gandhi has shown himself unable to pick the right people, and unable to pick the right issues
The constant plumber
As China weakens, the West moves to revive manufacturing. Why won't India?
It is inflated expectations and short-term thinking that perhaps underlie the near-universal gloom
UP's lesson for the Budget: end mai-baap sarkar, for voters and companies alike