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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
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    Chinese lesson: Paying a price for uprightness

    Hai Rui was a scholar-official of the Ming dynasty. He is remembered as a model of honesty and integrity in office.

    6 May 2019 12:14 AM IST

    Belt & Road: What are China’s real intentions?Opinion
    Belt & Road: What are China’s real intentions?

    Much is being made about the overland link between China and Europe by rail and road links.

    3 May 2019 1:43 AM IST

    Why do some fare so much better than others?Opinion
    Why do some fare so much better than others?

    The size of Maharashtra’s economy would place it just about alongside as Singapore and bigger than Hong Kong or...

    1 May 2019 2:30 AM IST

    The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas, just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control (LoC) ends. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    The looking glass war in the Himalayas

    In Cold War parlance, post-1962 India was a frontline state and Indo-US interests converged.

    19 April 2019 2:45 AM IST

    Chandra Shekhar: A most civilised manOpinion
    Chandra Shekhar: A most civilised man

    Chandra Shekhar’s talents, abilities, passion and razor-sharp intellect put him head and shoulders above the rest.

    8 April 2019 12:20 AM IST

    Why didn’t Modi, as PM, release Henderson Brooks Report on ’62?Opinion
    Why didn’t Modi, as PM, release Henderson Brooks Report on ’62?

    A tangled web of inability to understand security issues, prevarication, bureaucratic intrigue, political indecision,...

    3 April 2019 2:34 AM IST

    After Balakot: India-Pak ties and nuclear bombastOpinion
    After Balakot: India-Pak ties and nuclear bombast

    Clearly, the threat of the first use of nuclear weapons, if provoked beyond a point, could be often as effective as...

    27 March 2019 7:35 AM IST

    A celebration of democracy: For whom, and how?Opinion
    A celebration of democracy: For whom, and how?

    The lack of intelligent and sensible debate in Parliament portends bad days for our democracy.

    20 March 2019 2:37 AM IST

    The World Bank brokered the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan after many years of intense negotiations to allocate the waters of the Indus river basin.Opinion
    India can't turn off Indus water flow to Pak

    The Indus river system has a total drainage area exceeding 11,165,000 sq km.

    25 Feb 2019 12:44 AM IST

    The World Bank brokered the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan after many years of intense negotiations to allocate the waters of the Indus river basin.Opinion
    India can't turn off Indus water flow to Pak

    The Indus river system has a total drainage area exceeding 11,165,000 sq km

    23 Feb 2019 1:26 AM IST

    The complex tale of the evolution of India-US relations is well known. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Did US sucker China and India into 1962 war?

    The US was keen to use Tibet to open up another front against China.

    13 Feb 2019 2:14 AM IST

    The Indian Constitution therefore guarantees justice, liberty and equality. (Representational image)Opinion
    On secularism, conversion & religion

    The acceptance of democracy as a way of life implies that we have accepted that we hold certain rights to be...

    7 Feb 2019 2:00 AM IST

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