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T N Ninan: Twists on the road

Demonetisation, which was touted as the "biggest and boldest" attack on black money, has turned out to be nothing of the sort

T N Ninan: Four weeks later

The net benefit of demonetisation would be quite small when placed against the scale of disruption that has been caused

T N Ninan: Job-less manufacturing

The great wave of industrialisation that has swept across East Asia over the past 40 years is about to ebb

T N Ninan: Our post-truths

Mr Modi is a master in evoking the emotional reasoning that is the essence of post-truth - as indeed is Donald Trump

T N Ninan: Socialist bonanza

A politically savvy move, demonetisation of high-value currency notes by Mr Modi may be the most radically socialist step by any Indian PM

T N Ninan: Banyan or sequoia?

Conglomerates, cover wider area like the Banyan, but haven't done as well recently as stand-alone enterprises, the sequoias that are usually taller than the Qutb Minar

T N Ninan: Dealing with a legacy

Ratan Tata should know his legacy is secure, given where he took the group from what he had at the start

T N Ninan: The lack of jobs

World Bank says India stands to lose 69% of its jobs on account of automation

T N Ninan: Chinese bearing gifts

China's $24-bn loan to Bangladesh has more of a strategic than economic intent

T N Ninan: TCS vs Garment exporters

Success of TCS and Infosys is killing exporters of garments and other manufactured products

T N Ninan: Banks that don't lend

Nationalised banks' credit growth was just 1.4% in the first half of 2016, compared with 25.9% in private sector banks

T N Ninan: TV anchors go to war

Following the attack on an army camp in Uri, reporting has given way to posturing, intelligent commentary to absurd warmongering

T N Ninan: A few stray comments

Observations and questions about key developments, such as Reliance Jio's escapade & AAP minister's sexcapade

T N Ninan: The discipline of global rules

We suffer from lack of accountability but new pressure points are being created by the fact of India becoming a more integrated part of the world economy and global systems.

T N Ninan: The danger within

While India's long-term crisis has to do with water and institutional atrophy, the more pressing issue is the lack of jobs

T N Ninan: Not a good 'idea', sirji

Investors suspect that the proposed Grasim-Nuvo merger is to ensure the Idea telecom business gets the money to take on RJio

T N Ninan: Arvind Kejriwal has much to meditate on

Arvind Kejriwal would do well to consider some moderation before another rap on the knuckles by a court, or a political setback, knocks the wind out of him

T N Ninan: The fathers of success

In a replay of the Rashomon sequence, each of the men from Hindustan looks at the elephant from his particular angle, ignoring or not fully aware of what else was cooking

T N Ninan: Of crises - visible and invisible

This government will be at its half-way mark soon; even assuming better-than-usual execution, the Modi package is underwhelming

T N Ninan: Subbarao tells all

The former RBI governor has chosen to be frank about his run-ins with finance ministers and comes when governor's term is about to end in the midst of controversy