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Hrishikesh Joshi: Sugar bowl turning bitter for Congress, NCP
BJP, Shiv Sena's rise shows the ruling alliance's waning clout over the traditional Maratha vote base
 "Hrishikesh Joshi: Sugar bowl turning bitter for Congress, NCP")
Michael Pinto: Developing the wrong kind of port
Instead of more ports for international trade, India needs to focus on smaller ports for coastal and inland shipping
Devangshu Datta: Repeating the mistake of 1984
The nation has paid multiple times over for the condoning of the mass murders in 1984
Deepak Lal: Democracy in distress - II
The long, uneasy route from representative to constitutional democracy
Wine for the real India
'Real' India has no concept of wine - for the vast majority anything alcoholic is daaru or sharaab, to be drunk to get drunk
Between the ballot sheets
If voters think that they're already in charge, it's because voters, bombarded by advertising, tend to respond with all the will and critical distance of junkies
 "Between the ballot sheets")
Lots at stake for Laloo Prasad
This election is a prestige issue for him, with high stakes in family buroughs of Pataliputra and Saran
Boom across the borders
The flames are dousing in Chidambaram's "ring of fire". India's neighborhood is booming even as the country fights a protracted downturn
Jaimini Bhagwati: Are stock prices inflated?
Despite what partisan fund managers are projecting, the rise in the Indian equity market has to be evaluated carefully
 "Jaimini Bhagwati: Are stock prices inflated?")
Joe Athialy: The weakest link in development lending
The World Bank and ADB's internal accountability mechanisms sometimes violate their own guidelines and policies on project lending