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Devangshu Datta: Expect the unexpected

The US fiscal cliff and other global newsflows are more likely to affect the Indian markets than domestic events

Falling gas and coal prices are not priced into valuations yet

The beneficial effects have shown up in lower inflation and oil PSUs repairing their balance sheets

Subir Roy: The political roots of black money

Vinayak Chatterjee: Getting infrastructure moving again

Two short-term strategies and one medium-term should get the sector buzzing

Bharat Bhushan: Why Narendra Modi keeps mum

Modi's real problem is not his silence on Hindutva excesses growing in the country. He needs to transform India without the minute-by-minute tweets

Shyam Saran: Distant neighbours

Worryingly for India, Indonesia looks to China for help in achieving its maritime ambitions

Compete on quality

India should not oppose Pakistan's bid to call its rice basmati

Southern comfort for philanthropy

Giving by tycoons from the southern part of India is 800% more than their northern counterparts, finds a new report

Smart cities: Reality or a Modi pipedream?

Smart cities can really bring in smart solutions, both for government and people at large but it needs more than good intent

James B Stewart: Those who nailed 2014 see volatility this year

Volatility could become the new normal in 2015, and we are likely to get a lot more of it than we have become used to

Alokananda Chakraborty: In search of a differentiator

Why user experience is driving site architecture and the content strategy of brands

Shreekant Sambrani: From Yojana to NITI

The NITI Aayog ought to concentrate on interventions cutting across states

Ajit Balakrishnan: Hail the invisible hand of the state

Neither pharma nor IT would have become the stars of the economy without the active but largely invisible hand of the Indian state

Mihir S Sharma: The purpose of satire

Those attacking Charlie Hebdo are wrong on one basic point: it did not mock Muslims

IIP: semblance of normalcy

A modest industrial recovery is under way

On the right to free expression

Defending the right to offend using the free speech argument, but circumscribed by the sensibilities of religious beliefs, is tricky

When Batman failed the test of financial literacy

Bloopers in popular movies about stock market shows the urgent need for financial literacy even in the real world

Devangshu Datta: 2015 - A year of turmoil?

Domestic investment and consumption must pick up if India is to see serious GDP and earnings acceleration in 2015-16

Window in Colombo

Election marks opportunity India cannot miss

A tightrope walk

Govt must revive investment but retain fiscal credibility