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The Big One

'Food security' will, unfortunately, become a giant boondoggle

What's next, Mr Katju?

Justice Katju's emotional reaction to Sanjay Dutt's imprisonment suits an actor

For Sanjay Dutt, life is a big bundle of 'if's'

The kindest thing one can say about the Bollywood star's predicament is: 'what a stupid boy'!

Shale gas needs a Delphi exercise

This rich emerging source of gas has the potential to transform India's energy economy, but only if policy-making is closely coordinated between the various arms of govt and sector experts

The myth of farmer suicides

Politicians and the media are capitalising on a make-believe rural crisis

When gold falls

Govt cannot assume it will solve current account problem

Trade travails

Export fall-off requires more than just sops

Is the worst over?

Growth revival will be more tentative, inflation sharper, and external pressures more acute than pronouncements suggest

The 'invisible hand' - of government

Mission: Impossible?

Only a miracle can help South Korea's first woman President Park deliver a tall order of disciplined chaebols, income and gender equality

Breaking foreign policy

The questions that surround the DMK's exit from the UPA

Change without reform

The implications of the food security Bill remain worrying

BRICS and premature obituaries

The Durban summit should lay out a new set of recipient-friendly norms for international development co-operation

When judges make the law

Legislation by intuition and not public debate can land courts in a mess

US must learn to live with India's frailties

American business should adapt to India's messy regulatory and tax environment or risk losing trade deals to its competitors

Harvest of mistakes

Govt pays the price for cutting out private trade in wheat

RBI runs out of room

The ball, once again, is in New Delhi's court

A N Shanbhag: Q & A corner

A N Shanbhag answers queries on capital gains, HRA and gifts

A.N. Shanbag: SEBI's overgovernance!

Q & A corner