T N Ninan
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February 26, 2021, Friday
Poverty alleviation: Why India is not able do to what China has pulled off
What should concern India is not just its loss of economic momentum, but also the fact that it is not outpacing countries not ...
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February 19, 2021, Friday
New tack on economic policy: Why's Modi govt going against its natural instinct?
The promise of a less suspicious govt is surprising. What about the disconnect between the new business stance and earlier push ...
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February 12, 2021, Friday
A different Modi: The PM is no longer shy of showing his real hand
A faltering economy may have led to a re-think on economic strategy. And Mr Modi might think he is politically strong enough to ...
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February 05, 2021, Friday
Agricultural reforms, farmers' agitation, and the power of narrative
A group of people holding an elected govt to ransom and a govt turning against its own citizens in the name of law and order are ...
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January 29, 2021, Friday
Budget for the victims: Some silent crises for Ms Sitharaman to address
A consumption boost through continued pay-outs for another year to those at the bottom of the pyramid, and still more money for ...
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January 22, 2021, Friday
Manufacturing might or services - what will steer India's future economy?
We must acknowledge that India cannot replicate the export orientation of the East Asian manufacturing story, or even Bangladesh. ...
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January 15, 2021, Friday
What unicorns' coming of age means for big business and retail investors
While foreign investors like Japan's Softbank, China's Alibaba, and the US' Sequoia are big players in the start-up space, India ...
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December 25, 2020, Friday
Annus Horribilis: It wasn't just Covid that made 2020 one of the worst years
The food crisis of the 1960s gave birth to the Green Revolution, and out of 1970s' stagnation was born the first, weak impulses ...
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December 18, 2020, Friday
Big Tech's big worries: Why are govts everywhere out to de-fang FAANG?
So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in ...
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November 27, 2020, Friday
Aspiration and realism: How Kashmir and Palestine have a similar story
A great many in Kashmir dreamt of 'azaadi', whose definition changed from one phase to the next. Palestinians also did. But ...
