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Vivek Dehejia & Rupa Subramanya: Why no centre-right political party in India today?
It is perhaps a direct fallout from the misreading of the causes of the defeats of Chandrababu Naidu in Andhra Pradesh and the National Democratic Alliance at the centre in 2004
Devesh Kapur: What regulation, when man is vile?
The author questions the government's commitment to choosing regulators of quality
Back to the aam aadmi
Arvind Kejriwal's resignation is smart politics
The dilemma continues
Inflation moderates, but government can and must do more
Aditi Phadnis: The frenemy factor in poll calculations
By annoying potential allies ahead of the polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate is playing a dangerous game but if he wins, he gets it all
Mihir S Sharma: Cultural straitjackets
There is no free religion without free speech. Laws that stifle speech in order to 'protect' religion in fact do the precise opposite
Sunil Sethi: The boy who cried 'Wolf, wolf!'
Arvind Kejriwal's anti-corruption campaign made him a hero, but now that the political movement is a party in power, wielding the jhaaru is proving to be a cumbersome business
Deepak Lal: Barack Obama and deterring China
In his failure to impose the US' superpower status, the current US president resembles Jimmy Carter
A pyramid of gags
Here is a scene that literalises the idea of the small-town boy as social climber
Should Tendulkar bat for brands?
According to brand consultants and politicians, Tendulkar should not be doing any endorsements for a commercial cause as the Bharat Ratna has a certain prestige and honour attached with it, which shou
The rise and rise of Dhaka
The Samdanis commissioned some of the largest solo projects at the summit. These included an installation by Rashid Rana, a politically incisive one by Shilpa Gupta, and a thought-provoking one by Run
Instant opinions
Those who lag behind in this race to be the first with a pithy soundbite, tweet or comment are singled out for choice abuse and described as 'fence -sitters, 'apathetic' and 'safe-players'
Rajiv Lall: Economic governance needs a lighter touch
Facilitation and regulation, not supervision, should be the bureaucracy's mantra for handling the country's economy
Bhupesh Bhandari: The 800 revolution
The Maruti 800 changed the way cars were bought, sold and serviced in India, components were made, and industrial enterprises were organised. For the first time, the customer became the focus of manuf
Akash Prakash: The state bank story
The author says foreign investors did not lap up the new SBI issue because of deeper worries about public sector banks