)
The truth is that 'less government, more governance' is a chimera. We need more government and less governance
Time to reset expectations: government will move with alacrity on social policy, not on economic reform
Romain Rolland Library, in fortunate Puducherry, provides a space too rare in our country - one carefully policed and quiet, and yet welcoming, one where you can be solitary and undisturbed amidst a c
The new govt has much going for it, above all the hopes of India and the world. But don't spin stories ahead of its success
If Narendra Modi wishes to supersede Nehru in our pantheon, he should learn from Jawaharlal's successes - and failures
Government's reforms are too half-hearted - but Rahul Gandhi's Congress is too amateurish and inept to hold it to account
At some point, the prime minister is going to have to stop talking and start doing
Jean Tirole's insights are very relevant to India
The PM delivers his most concrete promises of deregulation yet, but that is overshadowed by the nationalist theatrics Indian-Americans have long desired
Narendra Modi delivered a speech that was a notable departure from those of previous Indian prime ministers
India is not an autocracy. It can't adopt the methods of free-speech activism developed for authoritarian states
China and the United States are not just two geopolitical poles, but would expect different strategies for economic development in India
Where Amazon was accused of being the seller and not the marketplace, Uber was accused of being the marketplace and not the seller
Sanjaya Baru's The Accidental Prime Minister sold over 80,000 copies; Natwar Singh's One Life is not Enough sold over 50,000
What we saw at Red Fort was not Modi the politician or even Modi the PM. It was Modi the pracharak, holding forth on naitik shiksha, or moral education, at the largest shakha ever assembled
Narendra Modi's lack of enthusiasm for pro-market reform should not puzzle us
Hindutva historians totally deserve to be read