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A wine festival full of contradictions
While a laudable effort, the Bangalore International Wine Festival has many contradictions as it tries to be all things to all people
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Rahul Jacob: After a fashion
In New Delhi, there is no escaping fashion. Fashion is celebrated the way the rest of the country honours festivals. It is a part of the fabric of life
Martin Feldstein: Fighting the Fed
United States lawmakers are trying to force the Federal Reserve into following predefined monetary-policy rule
'Adapt or perish': e-retail to brick-and-mortar cousins
'With online upstarts chomping away business', retailers have no other option but to go online
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Not as poor? New World Bank data could skew poverty debate
New purchasing power index puts India's poor at fourth of current estimates
R Gopalakrishnan: Innovation across borders
Foreign direct investment can encourage a healthy flow of research & development in either direction
Suman Bery: Planning for power
Studies suggest net benefits of hydro-power, nuclear energy or natural gas as sources of electricity are greater than those of wind and solar
Aman Sethi: A tale of one project and four states
The fracas around the Polavaram project suggests de-bottlenecking inter-state infrastructure might be harder than expected
Back to the future in Vidarbha
How a new-old planting technique could make rain-fed cotton planting more viable
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Shyam Ponappa: Transformation, or drift?
We need transformative policies and incentives with purpose, especially in solar power and digital infrastructure
Satyajit Das: Europe and the mirage of recovery
European rates do not reflect fundamental factors, but merely the effect of massive liquidity injections from the European Central Bank designed to counter identified problems
Barun Roy: Fixing the faulty 'road' map
Most of the ill-planned Asian cities need a more creative plan aimed at weaning people away from using personal cars for commuting