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Subir Gokarn: Half-full, half-empty
India's mixed record on the Millennium Development Goals is a pointer to policy priorities
Forward at the WTO
The first substantive trade agreement in two decades
B Dasarath Reddy: Of skyscrapers and the Rs 1-lakh-crore Budget
K Chandra Sekhara Rao tries to keep up with the Joneses
Premvir Das: Making defence in India
Building ships, tanks, aircraft and heavy guns is not just some ordinary manufacturing skill that can be acquired easily. We have to go about this technology-intensive activity in a carefully calibrat
Mihir S Sharma: Statesman of spin
The new govt has much going for it, above all the hopes of India and the world. But don't spin stories ahead of its success
The finest Indian wines
The quality of many Indian wines is increasing by leaps and bounds every year, particularly for those units that have their own vineyards
 "The finest Indian wines")
Abheek Barua: A list of risks
Many things could play spoilsport for the Indian economy
Subir Roy: Who are you, anyway?
There is a veritable 'identity' industry and customer-facing people fixate upon one or the other piece of paper or plastic that is the flavour of the month to either harass people or simply to appear
Murder she wrote
In the five decades between her first book, Cover Her Face, published when she was 42, and her last, Death Comes to Pemberley, published when she was 91, PD James murdered over a score of characters
A fine legacy indeed
Murli Deora's funeral reflected the way he lived a bipartisan political life
Don't expect too many banks propping up immediately
Manojit Saha explains why RBI will remain 'conservative' in granting licences for payment banks and small banks
 "Don't expect too many banks propping up immediately")
Online commerce firms should fear consumer backlash
E-commerce newbies should learn from bigwigs of corporate India who faced flak for not delivering value to consumers
 "Online commerce firms should fear consumer backlash")
Akash Prakash: Debunking two worries
Are India stocks over-owned? And are they too expensive?
The right smoke signals
Upping stakes on tobacco use is healthy policy
Banking on thin ice
Explicit condemnation of large defaulters welcome