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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

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

The GE way out

It appears that Dow Jones has dropped the storied conglomerate GE - which has had a very disappointing few years and in fact decades - from its "industrial average" index the world's most widely watch

The subversion of Aadhaar

One thing's become clear during the SC hearings: the government has over-reached massively, and deceived the people of India

Pre-election Budget: Sops for farm sector, seniors, health cover for poor

The finance minister Arun Jaitley also introduced a 10% tax on long-term capital gains over Rs 100,000

JLF Day 3: It's Hinduism, Hindutva, and Shashi Tharoor everywhere

It was clear today that JLF continues to attempt to walk an increasingly difficult path, caught between its attempt to create a broadly liberal institution and an India that is not entirely hospitable

JLF Day 2: Of rosogollas, revolutionary poetry and the republic of ideas

Much of the discussion on Padmaavat dwelt on how Indian constitutional values were being upheld or abandoned in the reaction to the movie