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T N Ninan is former editor and chairman of Business Standard.
T N Ninan is former editor and chairman of Business Standard.
Narendra Modi is the first PM after Indira Gandhi with the power and possibly the intention to change the Indian system
The world wants India to be a counterweight to China, but so far India has not measured up
As the world slows down, the International Monetary Fund has been steadily reducing its growth forecasts
What the government needs to do, perhaps, is to spell out an action agenda for the next four months, in the run-up to the 2016 Budget
What do young people do in the state? Basically, they try to get away
Higher import duties on steel improve the bottom lines of steel-makers, but depress those of downstream users of steel
There is substance to the argument that place names are part of a city's sense of itself and of its history, and therefore that changes should not be made lightly
If there's one thing the 2011 Census shows, it's that India will remain overwhelmingly Hindu forever
India, considered one of the "fragile five" two years ago, is remarkably stable if one looks beyond the day-to-day action
In recent weeks, the government has taken specific steps to keep the media at arm's length
Of all the markets in which politicians interfere with prices, the land market is probably the last that will be reformed
A survey's design determines its findings; understanding the logic behind measurement is key to interpretation
China and India have approached trade negotiations very differently: the former with confidence, the latter in a defensive crouch
Mr Sinha says he has held four rounds of meetings with the banks, and plans to hold a fifth meeting with southern banks-to assess their need for fresh capital
The school education system needs a desperate overhaul. So shouldn't the human resource development minister in New Delhi be focusing on it too, in the middle of her other pressing concerns?
Politicians have continued taking people for granted and managed to stay above the law