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Shubhashis Gangopadhyay: The rule of law, and of prices
We should not worry about the impact on the power industry of properly priced coal blocks
Business as usual
What if Modi and Obama were to meet, for the first time, at a bar?
Bharat Bhushan: No secular summer yet
Ground realities suggest that there is little reason to term the by-election results a victory for secularism and a defeat for hate-politics
Shyamal Majumdar: Women leaders - Still a rarity
Just like TCS, many Indian companies have increased the number of female employees. But gender-based roadblocks are still a problem
Akash Prakash: The cycle turns
The author warns that India risks complacency - why go after the hard, politically difficult stuff when growth is rebounding anyway?
Mihir S Sharma: Unbanning books
India is not an autocracy. It can't adopt the methods of free-speech activism developed for authoritarian states
A case for status quo
Inflation trend reassuring, but not enough for a rate cut
No respite for coal
Judgment throws several sectors into uncertainty
Make-believe in India
Though India Inc praised the new government at the 'Make in India' summit, the stock market beat down many of their stocks after the Supreme Court judgment on the coal scam
 "Make-believe in India")
Modi wants fruit in colas, but spoilers come in the way
While fruity colas are not unheard of, there are a number of hurdles in making it happen in India
 "Modi wants fruit in colas, but spoilers come in the way")
T S Vishwanath: Let's talk 'sustainable' business
Emerging nations believe sustainability should not just be an objective or act of corporate social responsibility. It should be a business proposition
Claude Smadja: Look at Europe, and worry
As long as stringent austerity is enforced on countries in crisis, economic stagnation will endure
Yet another committee
Is government serious on railways reform?
Soumya Kanti Ghosh: India's 93.2% quandary at WTO
As the World Trade Organisation reconvenes to re-examine the issue of agriculture subsidies, the numbers alone suggest that India has a strong case for declining to sign the WTO's trade facilitation a
 "Soumya Kanti Ghosh: India's 93.2% quandary at WTO")
Mihir S Sharma: Mr Modi's choice
China and the United States are not just two geopolitical poles, but would expect different strategies for economic development in India
M J Antony: Drenched in decadent doctrines
Despite Supreme Court's repeated calls, law of torts has remained static
Battle of big numbers
Govt's warning of losses from coal block cancellation also too high
Small but significant
Tax-information sharing a genuine achievement for G20