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Resilience, recovery and then revival

Much remains uncertain about the Indian economy's future path. How can we grade the government's efforts to prop it up?

Serial entertainers

Literary fandom in East Asia is certainly of a different, and usually more intense, quality than elsewhere

Developed countries can ignore macro-economic reality but India can't

Hard work on inflation means there is monetary space in this crisis; but years of mismanagement means there is no fiscal firepower

It may not be right to say that first wave of Covid-19 has peaked in India

We knew from the moment the pandemic took hold that this would be a long haul - at least 12 to 18 months. Nothing should have changed that assessment.

Covid-19: What handling of the pandemic reveals about India and the world

Chinese officials are right to praise the response of the city and people of Wuhan itself

Platforms and publishing

In the end, publishers are corporations

What's there to celebrate?

Independence Day should be a day for celebration and optimism. But what is there, in 2020, to celebrate?

A pandemic report card

There are now about 1.3 million positive cases recorded, though given India's testing rates, the true number is perhaps several multiples of that

An unsuitable novel

Not everything can be adapted for TV

Truth & tests

By the optimistic reading, India or Indians possess something special that prevents Covid-19 from truly taking hold

The treasure of comfort reads

The ideal re-reading ritual should be of a book just smart enough to not irritate you, just deep enough to keep you engaged

Fiscal prudence still matters

Govt will need to spend more, but should credibly commit through institutional reform to future transparency and prudence

Humble leaders, please

This is one of those crises where it does not only matter that you do something, but how you do it

The wrong diagnosis

Calls for fiscal stimulus and monetary overreach will not help deal with the pandemic's economic consequences

Time to read

It's possible you want to escape the reality of what's happening to the world - countrywide shutdowns, worry and concern, divided politicians

No time for a stimulus

Covid-19 is not like the 2008 global financial crisis. It is a crisis of a very different sort. You can't spend your way out of it

The uses of violence

The disinformation that accompanies the violence is of a typically high order, as befits an operation that has been at the cutting edge of the 21st century's alternative-facts breakthroughs

To what extent will coronavirus outbreak rewire global trade dynamics?

Unless mainland China somehow manages a swift recovery, historians of globalisation will view this moment as a watershed

Economic Survey: 'Counter-cyclical fiscal policy' to boost demand justified

The Survey places primary blame for the slowdown on global factors, saying 'the deceleration of India's GDP growth since 2017 has tracked the decline in world output'

The Republic remains alive

Far from being distant, wordy and inaccessible, the Constitution today is becoming a popular document for large sections of India, just as it always was for Dalits.