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Kishore Singh: Subject to silent treatment

Keya Sarkar: Credit card worries

Aditi Phadnis: The promise and the reality

Kiran Bedi can see the same kind of wave for herself that swept the country for Narendra Modi. She could be right. But everyone else in the BJP needs a new set of glasses

J Jagannath: Beyond the crowds

Here's some heartburn for doomsayers of the printed word: the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival has seen a doubling of international visitors from 50 countries, and a 40 per cent increase in students att

Suman Bery: Yes, make for India

Raghuram Rajan's anti-mercantilist instincts are right - be cautious about 'make in India', while accepting its promise

Nihilism in a medical ward

Nurturing the collector

North versus the rest

Is Jayanthi Natarajan a victim of Rahul Gandhi's 'shift' from being pro-poor to pro-industry?

Two extreme models in the financial sector

Open architecture in mutual funds versus a completely-closed structure in insurance. Still, penetration is suffering

5 hurdles for payment banks to overcome

If they are to succeed, they will have to overcome some basic challenges specific to the digital payment business

Opaque disclosures hurt govt banks' valuations

PSU banks have failed to cash in boom time despite desperate capital need

Michael J de la Merced: After Alibaba spin-off, Yahoo! may become a takeover target

When the spin-off is complete and Yahoo! has shed its stake in the Chinese e-commerce giant, it is more likely to become the hunted rather than the hunter

Mihir S Sharma: The Eagle has not yet landed

Sadly, the India-US summit produced more spin than it did deals

The currency conundrum

A clear case for applying brakes on rupee appreciation

Forward on disinvestment

But bunching up of stake sales not helpful

Did Sujatha Singh pay the price for not being media savvy?

Sources say Singh, who preferred quiet but solid work, believed that being a media darling is no sign of competence

Dhoni's problems persist as World Cup comes knocking

There's much more riding on the match against England than a place in the tri-series final

Sajjid Z Chinoy: Is the Budget facing an impossible trinity?

An asset swap can simultaneously boost public investment, reduce the fiscal deficit and keep fiscal policy from being pro-cyclical

Andy Mukherjee: Restoring federal balance

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley should give India's states more fiscal breathing room

Abheek Barua: The Budget - back to basics

Getting the balance between fiscal restraint and growth-contracting policy remains a problem