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Shyam Ponappa: India's systemic flaws

We need breakthroughs in tax claims and coal and spectrum allocation, but most of all, in societal accord

Ashok Lahiri: Why India should adopt demat model for land titles

The country's experience with securities shows a way to help create a market for land

Subir Roy: Games of selection

M J Antony: Haggling in the virtual bazaar

The existing laws are struggling to cope with e-commerce

Mihir S Sharma: Readers don't just read any more

Mid-year relief

With an uncertain global outlook, much work is still ahead

Praveen Chakravarty: FIIs behind boom in markets since 2000

It's clear that behind the five-fold increase in Sensex and ten-fold increase in market capitalisation in the 21st century is actually the greenback, not the signature of our RBI governor

Where are the results Mr. Van Gaal?

In Sunday's Manchester derby, Manchester United looked like a side that is improving. But, Louis Van Gaal's team must start winning to allay fears of a last season repeat.

Executive Decision: How NDA is tweaking social sector laws

The NDA is using the discretionary powers allocated by the UPA government to either chip away at or metastasize social sector programmes

Congress must be responsible in Opposition

Congress should help pass reformist laws

Martin Feldstein: Powering Mexico

Alokananda Chakraborty: What's this ballyhoo about drones?

Yes, they can reach remote locations in double-quick time but the costs involved in their commercial use at this point can be prohibitive

Ajit Balakrishnan: Time to grow again?

Growth in the United States might end the long period of economic malaise that has afflicted the world since 2007

The next steps

Oil price reform gains may be lost without follow-up moves

The Warren Anderson I Knew

If Anderson was responsible for escaping punishment in connivance with others, so are the many others

RSS - the new vehicle for upward social mobility

The rise of Narendra Modi, a pracharak, and the new Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, is changing the power equations within the Sangh Parivar

Valuable tips for a value investor

Looking at the price-to-book value can be a good yardstick

Devangshu Datta: The market's new Santa Claus

The Bank of Japan's action has nullified the effects of the end of the US' quantitative easing programme but the dependence of foreign institutional investors remains a concern

A K Bhattacharya: Mine over matter

The Narendra Modi government's coal Ordinance is a bold move, but it may not be able to tackle the central problem of minimising the loss of coal production

Debashis Basu: The bigger changes public banks need