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Devangshu Datta: The spectre of politics
While traders will be busy guessing RBI and Fed policies, political risk could cause massive price volatility in the first half of 2014
A K Bhattacharya: Let's get down to business, please
It's time Indian parliamentarians learnt to view global economic frameworks without the narrow prism of domestic politics
Subir Gokarn: All that glitters...
Financial substitutes for gold are key to addressing the pressure from large imports
Sreelatha Menon: Misreading laws and judgments
The Supreme Court seeks to clear anti-gay assumptions surrounding Section 377
Allison Arieff: What IT can learn from cities
There are projects that are determined to be public assets as much as private-sector ones. Tech (and non-tech) companies can become an essential part of the urban fabric
William Pesek: The Greenspanisation of Asia
Asia is beginning to trust charismatic policy makers too much. This will lead to the same troubles that Alan Greenspan gave the US
Does internet serve journalism better?
The internet may have its own set of problems, but one cannot ignore that it is democratising news.
Arvind Subramanian: India's troubling trilemma
The reason why macro-stability is so elusive for India
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The law is an ass
Section 377 is a colonial relic of a law that makes it criminal to have "carnal intercourse against the order of nature"
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South Africa in a goblet
The Chocolate Block 2011, the wine that keeps getting better with every sip
A time of great uncertainty
Bangladesh finally faces up to its past even as it prepares for an uncertain year ahead. Will it get closure this time?
The Congress edict: Forget introspection, shoot the messenger
The Congress should stop looking for scapegoats and look within for its failures.
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Jamal Mecklai: Truly, a new India
Indian democracy has finally come of age and we all now know that each one of us can make a difference
Akash Prakash: Some hope for 2014
The building blocks of a sustainable and significant market rise are in place
Bikes for China
Potential for automotive exports revealed
Triple whammy?
Given new data, a hike in the repo rate looks likely
T S Vishwanath: What 'victory' at Bali really means
India scored a remarkable win on food security, but trade partners will now put pressure on New Delhi to provide meaningful openings for industrial goods and services and be more accommodative on libe