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The employment imperative
The emphasis must be on accelerating the rate of growth in new jobs, a goal which has proved elusive for so many years
Robert J Shiller: Story time for the world economy
Stock markets' rebound since March seems to be built on the mere absence of further bad news
Vandana Gombar: Journey to 2014
There is a good chance that by 2014, the economy would be at or near a double digit GDP growth rate
Message in voting numbers
Congress is inching back to its pole position in Indian politics, helped by its resurgence in the heartland states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
M J Antony: Calculated delays
Backstage manipulation in steering revenue matters costs the exchequer dear
Rajapaksa's next challenge
If he truly wants to enter his name in the history books, he needs to rise to the humanitarian challenge in the east and north of his country
Surjit S Bhalla: Communism vs. History vs. Destiny
There are few parallels in history for the rapid ascent of the Left in 2004, and their deep plunge into near oblivion in 2009
A K Bhattacharya: A tale of two mandates
The collective message that voters sent out in 1977 and 2009, as reflected in results then and now, has the same tonal quality
Barun Roy: A different harm
Solar panels and wind turbines can be an eyesore on the landscape. Have we thought about it?
Starting anew
India's problems will not all be solved in the next five years, but this is a moment that provides an opportunity to start afresh. It should be seized
Nitin Desai: How to win the next election
Focus the reform agenda on opening opportunities in UP, Bihar and the Naxalite-affected areas
Latha Jishnu: The Binayak Sen factor
While celebrating our democracy and its biggest rituals we also need to think about the kind of society we are building
Devesh Kapur & Arvind Subramanian: Rahul's role? Garibi hatao
He should end the costly and inefficient subsidies to the poor with a cash transfer scheme