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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
    Indias GDP growth figures released Wednesday for the quarter ending September came at a noteworthy 7.3 per cent, against the predicted 7.1 per cent.Opinion
    Year of outrageous lies

    Growth fell 6% in November to 1.34 million and the industry expects it to fall by a huge 35% in December, lowest level...

    31 Dec 2016 2:13 AM IST

    It was not a demonetisation in the real sense but a mere currency exchange.Opinion
    360 degree: Notes from a ban

    The PM had asked for 50 days to fix India's troubles after the Nov. 8 demonetisation. We are close to deadline and...

    25 Dec 2016 3:11 AM IST

    Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Will Russian spring return?

    The social networks are searing the ether with their incendiary messages.

    24 Dec 2016 12:41 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Tales of notebandi the PM can't hear

    In recent days the PM changed his avatar from being a corruption fighter to becoming pitchman for electronic payments

    21 Dec 2016 12:48 AM IST

    From 2004 to 2014 the Indian economy grew by an average of over 7.8 per cent each year.Opinion
    This voodoo economics' has no place

    From 2004 to 2014 the Indian economy grew by an average of over 7.8 per cent each year.

    15 Dec 2016 2:02 AM IST

    Jawaharlal Nehru countered with a proposal on November 7 that the Chinese should return to the positions they held on September 8 and that talks would follow after this.Opinion
    Some '62 lessons to remember

    The Chinese attack on India in 1962 was coordinated to coincide with the missiles being sent to Cuba.

    1 Dec 2016 3:14 AM IST

    Prime MInister Narendra Modi laughes during debate in Rajya Sabha (Photo: Videograb)Opinion
    Note ban: The demonisation has begun

    Mr Modi is now hollering that he is fighting for the vast mass of the poor who have been looted all these decades by the...

    25 Nov 2016 12:50 AM IST

    People lined up outside an ATM to withdraw 100 rupees notes and deposite 500 & 1000 rupees notes in Chennai on Tuesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced demonetization of Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes with effect from midnight. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    How Modi played his trump card

    The Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes account for seven per cent and 17.4 per cent respectively of the currency in circulation.

    10 Nov 2016 1:33 AM IST

    Donald TrumpOpinion
    Why are American desis celebrating Trump?

    Clearly the only thing that endears Mr Trump to this lot is that he has come out vocally against all Muslims.

    19 Oct 2016 12:44 AM IST

    The writers father (standing third from left) who joined the Hyderabad Revenue Service in the early 1930s had to perforce wear a sherwani and fez for all official functions. (Photo: File photo)Opinion
    Celebrating a long gone Hyderabad

    Hyderabad recently celebrated the 425th anniversary of its inception.

    18 Oct 2016 2:58 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Modi, Xi & the future

    The world can't depend on Western demand and consumption, financed by printing more money.

    15 Oct 2016 12:52 AM IST

    18 Indian Army soldiers died and more than a dozen injured in a fidayeen attack in an Army base camp in Uri. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Consider Pak's redlines rationally

    Pakistan's redlines will be crossed only when we inflict big losses.

    10 Oct 2016 12:30 AM IST

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