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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
    It is another matter that religions as we know them to be practiced are usually premised on irrational and primitive ideas.World
    On secularism, conversion & nature of 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 1:21 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    2019 seems fraught with possibilities

    So far Mr Modi has not allowed them to define who he really is.

    2 Feb 2019 2:28 AM IST

    The answer, it seemed, was not difficult to seek for those who believed that economic growth in India, then as it is now, is state driven.Opinion
    Can India afford to leave Bihar behind?

    India has grown at an average rate of over 7 per cent since 2000.

    26 Dec 2018 6:20 AM IST

    A black woman who stood up to 300 neo-Nazis in Sweden said she was inspired by the late Nelson Mandela, who fought against apartheid in South Africa. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Gandhi & Mandela: Legends of a different kind

    Nelson Mandela being equated with Mahatma Gandhi, and by many people who should know better, was a bit too much to...

    14 Dec 2018 7:30 AM IST

    KCR address a meeting in Adilabad on Thursday. (DC)Opinion
    Road to 2019 is fraught with possibilities

    If the Congress wins in Telangana and even one of the two big Hindi states, the mar' of the Bimaru states, it will be a...

    6 Dec 2018 7:29 AM IST

    Air Chief Marshal B.S. DhanoaOpinion
    Service chiefs: Why one is better than three!

    The need for integrated defence planning and operations need not be elaborated upon.

    29 Nov 2018 7:22 AM IST

    India China flagOpinion
    Why unlearnt lessons of 1962 still haunt us

    Today India is a rising power, but a somewhat less surefooted one than China, which is now an economic and military...

    20 Nov 2018 7:44 AM IST

    Rafale aircraftOpinion
    False info, false testimony in Rafale dogfight

    We have a tradition in India, actually a discipline, that officers in uniform don't take part even in political...

    16 Nov 2018 7:35 AM IST

    The EODB index is meant to measure regulations directly affecting businesses and does not directly measure more general conditions such as a nations proximity to large markets, quality of infrastructure, inflation, or crime.Opinion
    Ease of doing biz: Get the right indexes right

    In the real India, it still takes 156 days to get a building plan sanctioned, and 1,445 days in court to get a judicial...

    2 Nov 2018 2:46 AM IST

    PM ModiOpinion
    Looking back: Pandit Nehru vs Sardar Patel

    It is well known that the Congress had little time for the Sardar's legacy till Mr Modi tried to don it.

    31 Oct 2018 1:37 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modis accusations that the Opposition is dividing society on caste lines therefore echo the RSS concerns for a homogenous Hindu community. (Photo: File)Opinion
    India need not chose between Japan and China

    Suddenly editorials and commentaries were waxing eloquent about a new strategic relationship to counter China.

    28 Oct 2018 4:27 AM IST

    The senior Trump administration official said the United States will have a process to recognize same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats from countries where same-sex marriage is not legal, but which recognize American domestic partners. (Representational Image)Opinion
    America is central to the economy of drugs

    The world's major cocaine production centres are all located in South America.

    27 Oct 2018 1:37 AM IST

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