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Mihir S Sharma: Islands of competence

Schemes, missions and SPVs are now the basic building blocks of Indian governance - and that's a problem

Mihir S Sharma: No clean air, thanks, I'm rich

Only the Indian elite would rather not breathe than be ordinary

Mihir S Sharma: Class of 2014

A brief report card on Modi's ministers

Mihir S Sharma: The culture wars, continued

Mihir S Sharma: An obituary for reform

A government that confuses PowerPoints for policy is delaying structural change too much

Mihir S Sharma: Rivers of curry

It isn't as if curries didn't exist in England before the wave of desi immigration in the 1960s and 1970s that brought Mr Noon to its shores

Mihir S Sharma: The toxic temptation of targets

Forget the 'Doing Business'rank; we will know India is a better place to do business only when exports begin to boom

Mihir S Sharma: The consistent prime minister

The Modi of 2015 is not very different from the Modi of 2002

Mihir S Sharma: Festivals and bookshops

Mihir S Sharma: The India of towns

Politics of division continues to rule in Mumbai - now, pitting Jains/Gujaratis against Marathas and others

Mihir S Sharma: On the murder of rationalists

When rationalists are murdered and we stand idly by, we stunt our nation's growth

Of France, with hope

Potluck on the food streets of Bangkok

The writer savours the famed street food of Bangkok, explains how politics plays out on the platter and finds out why Pad Thai is a fraud

Mihir S Sharma: Profiting from China's stumble

Yes, India can indeed grow exports today - but reforming red tape, not building infrastructure, is what is needed now

Mihir S Sharma: Pakistan stories

Mihir S Sharma: The virtue of compromise

If govt does not allow Opposition a few victories, then it is opening the door to paralysis and an entrenched culture of confrontation

Mihir S Sharma: The people are silent

Today, the Indian liberal democratic "miracle", may not be as robust as we think -- but we seem oblivious to the warning signs

Essays too small for their subject

Mihir S Sharma: Where is that recovery?

Policy pre-requisites for corporate earnings growth are being ignored

Red Square on sale

Moscow - the heart of a Russia redefining itself - is fascinating, alluring, and empty of tourists. And, yes, for the first time in decades, it's affordable