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Mitali Saran: If you're upset, Mr Prime Minister, don't bottle it up
A strong leader, known for his strong speeches, uses his communication skills to guide and heal. He does not wait for 10 days to comment, provoking a worried President to speak instead-not once, but t
Shekhar Gupta: A Nagpur manifesto
Why the reality of the new RSS-BJP arrangement should be accepted but questioned on its view on diversity
A country of readers?
The Indian print book market is worth about Rs 26,000 crore, making it the sixth largest in the world
Real estate and e-commerce: bubble, boom or collapse?
The calls about these sectors being bubbles seem justified but only a crisis will sort them out
Orhan Pamuk's strange and sublime realms
Pamuk makes readers from all over the world recognise Istanbul as their own
Akash Prakash: China - slowing or stalling?
The Chinese economy is not collapsing, it is shifting to different growth drivers which the old metrics used to judge it do not pick up
Bibek Debroy: Problems of Indian Railways in the northeast
Since broad gauge Lumding-Silchar line was opened for goods traffic in March, after about Rs 5,500 cr was spent on upgrade, there have been 9 derailments & 14 instances of track-subsiding. This gi
Luke Kawa: Canada has a new govt, and nasty old problems
Unless the country overcomes its productivity and competitiveness hurdles, its economy will likely slide into cyclical patterns similar to those of emerging markets
A V Rajwade: Basel III - A progress report
Complex models are used to measure major risks for banks. We may need a qualitative approach too
Claude Smadja: When Europe hits the panic button
Trapped in a reactive mode to a crisis that is arguably the gravest since its inception, Europe is facing policy failures hitting back
Aadhaar gets a boost
Govt should now bring forth an effective privacy law
Elusive jobs growth
Current trend could have significant political implications
Media mumpsimus? Really, Mr Khurshid?
Salman Khurshid does not know that the legalese and high-sounding words that the savant in him uses in his speeches and calibrated statements cannot be used by newspapers or TV channels
Where is India's fracking revolution?
Shale oil and gas revolutionised the energy economy in the USA. Is something similar possible in India
Abheek Barua: The two Chinas
Those harping on China's perceived slowdown to be India's gain seem unaware of the structural changes in the country's economy