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Insulting India
If Bollywood says you can have premarital sex with a steady girlfriend, then it's cool. If Bollywood thinks hopping boyfriends is bad, then it's not cool
Bihar and India's uncertain glory
Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze advocate stronger laws to improve basic education but believe that public scepticism and media criticism of corruption in such schemes are misplaced
Good news on poverty
But many numbers point to contrary trends
No country for businessmen
Forget FDI,even Indian businessmen are looking to invest abroad
 "No country for businessmen")
Why Bernanke makes us cringe
His words and actions can add trillions to market valuation across the globe or squash it all down
Beyond banker bashing
The lesson from the West for India is that banking should be kept simple
 "Beyond banker bashing")
Why competition in food procurement is good
Ending FCI's dominance will save the government crores and benefit farmers in areas where the agency does not venture
 "Why competition in food procurement is good")
Investigate first
Health ministry's arbitrary ban on anti-diabetes drug
End round-tripping
Tackling the controversial Mauritius route
Towards 2050: the technology factor
If Indian companies don't start spending on R&D, they will die
 "Towards 2050: the technology factor")
Drug makers suffer an overdose of control
The new price caps for 191 essential drugs are likely to introduce serious distortions in the market for these medicines
 "Drug makers suffer an overdose of control")
The call of Africa
The continent certainly provides a large opportunity for Indian business
The intangible AirAsia effect
To truly understand the term 'low-cost airlines' in all its facets, you need to travel low-cost airlines in other geographies where things that we take for granted in India are 'extras' to be paid for
Say no to sugar lobby
Requiring ethanol in petrol is unsustainable
More steps please
Government moves on FDI welcome, but insufficient
India breathes sigh of relief as with elections, Bhutan returns to the 'fold'
The only country in neighbourhood to have remained a loyal friend, an Indian ally over the decades
 "India breathes sigh of relief as with elections, Bhutan returns to the 'fold'")
India and a secular Egypt
India should resist condoning any electoral democracy in West Asia whose governance philosophy is the very antithesis of a plural secular statehood
The right to ration cards
The food security ordinance would empower poor urban migrants to challenge denial of ration cards
Time to resurrect G5
Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa are still a logical grouping
 "Time to resurrect G5")