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Mohan Guruswamy
About the AuthorMohan Guruswamy
The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy
    Despite having two often widely overlapping LACs, Indian and Chinese forces had arrived at a unique modus vivendi since 1962 which enabled each side to patrol up to its perception of the LAC without confrontation. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Mediation vital on LAC, Ladakh disengagement

    The problem is that India and China never agreed on where the LAC was, as the perceptions of what each side...

    15 Sept 2020 4:48 PM IST

    A rikshaw puller rests near a deserted road during a day-long state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Siliguri. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Is another global economic crisis now inevitable?

    The essential problem we must confront is how to rectify a world economic system that has gone hopelessly wrong

    1 Sept 2020 5:56 PM IST

    The fastest growing economies in the world, and its biggest the United States, China, Japan and most of western Europe -- have the highest debt/GDP ratios. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | India’s economic challenges: A matter of...

    The government tends to be “conservative” in its outlook and has made no serious suggestion on an economic stimulus

    25 Aug 2020 6:25 PM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Is PM Modi\s ‘creative solution’ for Nagas floundering?Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Is PM Modi-'s ‘creative solution’ for Nagas...

    The severely ailing 86-year-old Isak Muivah is now in New Delhi for health reasons and is also in talks with the powers...

    18 Aug 2020 5:23 PM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | China’s real target may be Arunachal Pradesh

    Of late, the Chinese have given a glimpse of what their true intentions are by laying claim to Bhutan’s Sakteng...

    4 Aug 2020 5:09 PM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | What my dog taught me about -'No Trespassing-' signs

    Corruption is India’s favourite conversation topic, We love discussing it and bemoaning its all pervasiveness

    21 July 2020 5:06 PM IST

    Indian border security force soldiers keep vigil near a military bunker along the Srinagar-Leh National highway on June 17, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Limited options: Next war’s nature changing

    The question we must ponder over is whether we ready for a bigger conflict with China?

    23 Jun 2020 5:49 PM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | India vs China: Is give and take still possible?

    At Galwan, the PLA found an unguarded but very strategic spot on the LAC and occupied it

    10 Jun 2020 6:55 PM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | The small stimulus and the fiscal deficit fetish

    Keynesians believe consumer demand is the primary driving force in an economy

    4 Jun 2020 4:59 PM IST

    PM Narendra Modi (PTI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | History is ignored: The march of folly

    There are dangers when the system leaves all decision-making to one individual, Others stop thinking

    27 May 2020 7:17 PM IST

    Migrants wait in queues for transport to reach a railway station and board a train to Uttar Pradesh, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Ahmedabad. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy: Will migrants' misery lead to a revolution?

    The working class is nothing without the unorganised workers. In 2019, there were around 510 million workers in India

    18 May 2020 7:36 PM IST

    Construction workers at a site on a bypass, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Amethi district. PTI PhotoOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy: Let's rethink the draconian curbs

    India has over 410 million workers in the unorganised sector, a majority of whom are daily-wagers earning little more...

    29 April 2020 5:04 PM IST

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