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Secular Islamophobia

BJP's political bulldozer has crushed the political skills and imagination of its rivals into rubble. It's made them Islamophobic in that they'd rather not identify with Muslims in any visible way

The provincialisation of All India Services

All India Services were to be all India in character for a purpose. Any dilution of this central tenet should worry policymakers

Index funds are here to stay

As the asset management industry grows in heft, and within it the index funds gain traction, it is this ability to engage that will influence how corporate India functions

A vision for US-India economic partnership

Both countries must play the central role in developing the economic framework for a free and open Indo-Pacific

PLI scheme with a return for the government

Despite the massive opportunity cost of the PLI scheme, there is considerable enthusiasm amongst the proponents of the scheme

China renews focus on financial self-reliance

The war in Ukraine has added urgency to its plans to internationalise the yuan and establish an alternative inter-bank messaging service

The Mankell effect

In my opinion, Mankell is the best of the lot. I am a fan

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Medicinal plants await good marketing

Fortunately, India is endowed with a huge and diversified wealth of plant species having curative traits

Focus on CPI inflation

Exchange rate stabilisation will import high tradeables inflation into India

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Cherry blossoms in aamchi Mumbai?

Not many of us would know that Shillong in Meghalaya, every November, hosts the India International Cherry Blossom Festival

Humans decoded

It's expected that genome-based research will help develop highly effective diagnostic tools and treatments for diseases

The Sharifs and their filthy lucre

In 1998, a book came out on the corporate interests of Nawaz Sharif's extended family

'Vishwaguru' in the mirror

India of BJP-RSS so covets rights to sermonise to the world. But does our present conform to brilliant past? Can we aspire for that moral stature if we respond to criticism with prickly whataboutery?

An erosion of basic norms

As India drifts away from secularism, undermining the principles of equality enshrined in the Constitution seems to be the goal in and of itself

The rise of the pan-Indian film

The rise of pan-Indian films is a good omen. It means more tickets sold and therefore more revenues

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