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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
    Former prime minister Chandra Shekhar.Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy: India remembers Chandra Shekhar, a most civilised man...

    Chandra Shekhar believed that politics without passion was meaningless. That policy without compassion was useless.

    17 April 2020 7:39 PM IST

    A view of the New Delhi railway station showing services at a standstill. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy: Where's the money? Just shake the tree and pick the...

    The 1.7 lakh crore economic revival plan is just not enough. The government needs to be bolder than that

    13 April 2020 10:10 PM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    Tackling Covid: Overcoming effects of ill-conceived policies

    The goal of social distancing is a hugely unfulfilled aspiration

    1 April 2020 9:13 AM IST

    Compared to AP, TS is in a better position. The TS government has achieved 54.70 per cent revenue receipts against its Budget projection while the AP government has achieved only 35.68 per cent.Opinion
    Sitharaman Budget: Long in form, short in content

    Indirect taxes involve a bigger population cohort considering that the consumer finally pays the GST.

    2 Feb 2020 4:30 AM IST

    John F. Kennedy himself wanted to join the Harvard faculty after completing his second term, and hence his family endowed the Institute of Politics and the Presidential Library to be a part of Harvard. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Think tanks’ role growing: Is that a good thing?

    The United States always had a tradition of academics and policy wonks flitting in and out of government for short...

    20 Jan 2020 2:22 AM IST

    Mikhail Gorbachev. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    After Putin: Will Russia see new spring in winter?

    The end of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was in fact signed three weeks earlier on December 8.

    2 Jan 2020 12:43 AM IST

    The expert committee said that a heavy amount has to be spent on strengthening the government education system. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Separation of powers doesn’t mean 3 capitals

    The idea seems to be driven by dispensing economic gains (and real estate) to the state’s three main socio-political...

    27 Dec 2019 2:06 AM IST

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    India-China talks in Agra: No give nor take

    Aksai Chin lies between Jammu and Kashmir, and China’s Xinjiang province, both regions that are also riven by...

    20 Dec 2019 1:50 AM IST

    The projection is lower than 6.1 per cent that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had forecast in early October.Opinion
    2010-2020: The decade that India has ‘lost’-'

    The decline in the promise is amply evident by the change in the make up of the economy during this decade.

    17 Dec 2019 12:35 AM IST

    It affirmed the Baa2 foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings for India.Opinion
    Rajaji had sounded the first warning on a ‘planned’ economy

    In 1957 Rajaji broke with Jawaharlal Nehru over his economic and political prescriptions for India.

    10 Dec 2019 1:38 AM IST

    Muhammed Quli Qutb Shah (1580-1611 CE), the fifth sultan of the Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda, laid the foundation of the iconic Charminar to symbolise the founding of Hyderabad. He was a contemporary of both Akbar and Jehangir.Opinion
    Will Hyderabad get 5 acres to build a new Charminar?

    Several magazines and newspapers have published old photos that show the temple never existed.

    4 Dec 2019 1:10 AM IST

    A resolution to the BJP-Shiv Sena stalemate over government formation is expected and a new dispensation may take office before the term of the outgoing Assembly ends, sources said. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Democracy wins? The losers take it all

    The people of Maharashtra had spoken and under normal circumstances their wishes should have been respected.

    27 Nov 2019 12:50 AM IST

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