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Debashis Basu: Mr Modi, focus on jobs

His main job now is to help create jobs. That's what he has promised, that's what people want and that's what will create a virtuous cycle of consumption and investment

Subir Gokarn: Health care - how, where & how much?

Low access and high costs raise risks of a vicious circle between morbidity and poverty

Power sector woes

Competitive bidding without delays can help

Trade threats

Export numbers show 'Make in India' has little time to take off

'Will do anything to hold govt accountable'

Noah Smith: Why Japan is crucial for India's infrastructure push

Japan is not just a source of crucial financial resources - its history of managing to build infrastructure even while being a strongly democratic country can serve as a source of inspiration

T E Narasimhan: The politics, possible ramifications of prohibition

The anti-liquor movement is becoming stronger. The state Opposition has latched on to it even as a blanket ban seems impractical

M Ramachandran: Lessons from London

London's problems relating to public transport, affordable housing, road safety hold out lessons for India's big cities as well. Failure to address them will turn them into crises

Same strokes for different folks

No democracy likes a government supervising its dinner plate or vetting its wardrobe. And it positively hates a government peering into its bedroom or down its pants

Time to buy the Indian dream?

Don't let China and Greece distract you. India's economy is recovering and domestic investors are already loading up

Midnight's Furies: a small step towards closure

Nisid Hajari's book has a limited purpose and it serves it well

Kishore Singh: Battling the bulge

Geetanjali Krishna: Bearing children differently

Vikram Johri: Benares, old & new

Subir Roy: Two films and a nation

Kenneth Rogoff: A new deal for debt overhangs?

Europe's experience ought to spur a full rethink of the global system for administering sovereign bankruptcies

T N Ninan: Land marked by policy distortions

Of all the markets in which politicians interfere with prices, the land market is probably the last that will be reformed

Vineous whiskies

Single malts are to be savoured in a similar way as when tasting a wine: nose the aroma first, then mix in just a teaspoon of water (if you must) and sip in very small sips

Inside Ahalya's lair

R Gopalakrishnan: Getting trained to listen

The one quality that entrepreneurs should necessarily possess is the ability to listen