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God's own advertising platform
A former housewife, this godwoman uses press releases and technology to market her divinity
The mind that questions
They can't silence rationalists like Narendra Dabholkar with logic, so they do it with guns
Back to the past? Not so easy this time
Our current economic problems are not receptive to stopgap measures and will require massive structural adjustments to alleviate
The missing dream team
The 1990s team worked wonders because the leaders took care to build a tier of competent secretaries and advisors under them
Taper tribulations
Tapering impacts are short-term, only fundamentals will determine the path beyond it
Free-speech hypocrisy
The West is losing its liberal lustre
Non-performing managers
Overhaul state-run bank chiefs' selection process
Crafting livelihoods
Strategic philanthropy foundation Dasra maps non-profit organisations working to promote craftsmen
Economists need to admit their mistakes
Economists' authority stems from their claims to insight on which policies will make people better off - claims which arise from welfare theorems that depend on wildly implausible assumptions: Philip
The more things change...
For all its noise about gender equality, the media seems reluctant to overstep the boundaries of regressive social norms
I am a girl... and I stand up in the face of fear
I blame each one of us for our misplaced idea of culture and tradition
Multicultural hypocrisy
The controversy over the UK 'visa bond' pilot scheme underlines the extreme attitudes to immigrants and immigration
India's unique crisis - I
Aspects of the Indian crisis have no parallels in recent history, and the crisis has consequently been misdiagnosed
Number 7 at United
The coveted jersey is lying vacant. Its last custodian, Antonio Valencia has gone back to his previous squad number of 25
India's elusive 'shale gale'
The government's proposal to treat shale gas and oil on a par with conventional hydrocarbons masks many critical impediments to actually exploiting the resource in India
The legacy of caste
Recent studies could explain why the incidence of genetic conditions is greater among certain Indians
A pointless panic
Regardless of what you're told, this is not a 'home-grown crisis' - it is a pan-emerging market problem
Gaining from the fall
Govt should help industry take advantage of depreciation