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Discounting the bullet train

Even the best estimates of future utilisation of such projects are often short of what really happens

Ignorance isn't bliss

Ignorance, innumeracy and misinformation make a volatile cocktail in the present troubled times

Roger Moore: The gentleman Bond

He may not be remembered as best Bond, he would be the one with the best looks and the most charm

Shreekant Sambrani: Pity the losers

This column is about the professional commentariat

Shreekant Sambrani: Learning from masters

A critical take on academics

Shreekant Sambrani: The tragedy of Barack Obama

The US polity and Obama's persona are key to understanding why he failed to deliver to his potential

Aam aadmi, circa 2016

He would like to put the year behind him

Shreekant Sambrani: The Amma apocrypha

Goddesses have no intimations of mortality, so Ms Jayalalithaa left no heirs

Shreekant Sambrani: Bharat will carry on

The impact of demonetisation on agriculture would be far smaller in comparison to two consecutive droughts

Letters: Devil in the detail

The lead editorial Standard deviations (Business Standard, November 16) raises an extremely valid concern regarding lack of standardisation in India

Shreekant Sambrani: Divided we fall

All across the globe, battle lines, literal as well as figurative, are being fortified, between and within nations, between and within economies, between and within communities

Shreekant Sambrani: Revenge of the angry, old men

Tata-SP gala: Not all designated successors would work out well, but that is little cause for the old guard to return

Shreekant Sambrani: Without much choice in the matter

Despite a chequered past, the US has always been an essentially open, fair and just society. Donald Trump is the absolute anathema of all that one cherishes about America; his opponent, Hillary Clinto

Shreekant Sambrani: Truth will out

Shreekant Sambrani: Tea leaves favour Hillary Clinton

The Democratic Party candidate has won the first of three US presidential debates with her Republican counterpart, Donald Trump. It's not done and dusted yet

Shreekant Sambrani: One nation, one election?

Shreekant Sambrani: Changing India's sporting culture

Shallow dive in the Indian Ocean

Shreekant Sambrani: Nobody's oyster

Chasing mirages

Oxford economist Vijay Joshi calls for 'more sweeping reforms of a deeper variety' for India to make a rapid ascent to prosperity. The billion-dollar question is how feasible this is even under ideal