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More subsidies
The AAP's hurry may result in irresponsible governance
CAG audit of power firms can raise more questions than answers
The CAG could probe two key factors: purchase price of power and T&D losses, especially theft angle
 "CAG audit of power firms can raise more questions than answers")
A ticking time bomb?
Re-examine government's role as owner of banks
Sanjeev Sanyal: The ideology of cities
Indian cities need a new intellectual underpinning
December then and now
The last 12 months have witnessed history in the making and that raises expectations from Dec 2014
A welcome move
Farm trade needs private wholesale markets, too
Ashoka Mody: Reversing a year of stagflation
The RBI should push for growth and get the government to work on lowering inflation
Middle-class India loses an icon
Farooq Sheikh symbolised the very essence of middle India, in all its simplicity, beauty and ordinariness
 "Middle-class India loses an icon")
Devangshu Datta: The New Year's EVM celebration
FII buying is largely predicated on an assumption of political change rather than of organic improvement in corporate earnings and they are likely to stay net positive till the general elections
A K Bhattacharya: The art of forward defence
Heightened judicial and CBI scrutiny saw bureaucrats adroitly devise ways to avoid sole responsibility for decision-making in 2013
Subir Gokarn: Intractable, vulnerable and contestable
Catchwords for the year gone by
Dillip Kumar Satapathy: The many dreams of Naveen Patnaik
If the BJD bags around 20 Lok Sabha seats in the upcoming general elections then Patnaik can either play the role of a kingmaker or even be anointed as the king, feel party leaders
Jyoti Parikh: Turning the lights on across South Asia
Why cooperation across the Indian subcontinent to ensure energy security is an idea whose time has come
Harsh V Pant: China's difficult rise
How to manage China's rise and mould its behaviour will be one of New Delhi's biggest diplomatic challenges in the years ahead. India should watch China's behaviour closely and learn how to deal with
Sunanda K Datta-Ray: Private indulgence vs public message
Politicians who wear their religion on their sleeve to identify with the common man are uncomfortably aware of their own exclusiveness
Vikram Johri: Look back in longing
Why does one miss college life so much? There is freedom, especially attractive in a society where parental supervision continues into adulthood