Page 9 - Mihir S Sharma

How CM Modi predicted PM Modi

If NDA has been resolutely statist instead of leading a market-friendly economic transformation, that should not surprise anybody

Two parties and many

A fragmented politics, with multiple shifting coalitions, is far better, more efficient, and more democratic, than the "normal" two-party system

Projecting a pipeline

One way of helping project finance revive in India is by demystifying risk - and the government has just taken a useful step in that direction

Einsteinian economics

If this is how the government is thinking, then we are in real trouble, says the author

Breaking down companies

In today's world, who do companies really have to respond to?

Budget 2019: Fiscally correct, but familiar tax targets

FM rationalises revenue estimates, squeezes capex ; focuses on repairing financial sector and ease of paying taxes

'Indian' agenda for Modi 2.0: Eco Survey projects 7% GDP growth in 2019-20

The Survey praised the government's performance on the provision of certain last-mile goods, combined with behavioural changes

The Beijing question

India prides itself on its "strategic autonomy", but there will come a time, soon, when it should pick a side

21st century castes?

A post-caste worldview such as Modi claims is, in a country still ridden with caste divisions, more an erasure than an aspiration

Ever more extreme

For those from more liberal traditions, therefore, it is easy to collapse all strains of BJP and of Hindutva into one - and, they are all likely to damage national cohesion and constitutional values

Comparing 2014 & 2019

This time around, the BJP's tone is very different

The power of women's stories

In the end the very power of the stories that we are being told must take precedence

Decoding 2019

All Indian elections are uncertain, but this one is more uncertain than most

Kashmir's troubled future

'Kashmir is a live political issue in India in a way that it never has been before', says the author

Why JLF is forever young

This year, my favourite session at JLF was one that wasn't even on the programme, featuring the librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Why India should object to China being bracketed as a developing country

India needs to take the lead in ensuring that the term 'developing country' is defined to exclude China

A tale of two rallies

The two mammoth rallies at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan look different, but both reveal the need of better economic management

The limits of Chinese cash

For India, what are the implications of Pakistan having to turn to the IMF again?

A prime reader on the Indian economy

A review of 'Pre-Liberalisation to GST - Essays in Honour of Raj Kapila'

Lack of transparency belies Modi govt's claim of corruption-free governance

No Lokpal, weakened institutions and stonewalled RTI make it harder to evaluate the govt's actions