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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
    Mohan Guruswamy | How have we done so far, after 75 years of freedom?Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | How have we done so far, after 75 years of freedom?

    Come August 15 we will have the usual litany of lies about seven wasted decades. Were they? The Indian economy is now...

    14 Aug 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Un-crowding Indias capital and decentralising of powerOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Un-crowding India's capital and decentralising of...

    One of the early textbooks I read on Political Economy started with a scenario set in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a city with...

    25 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes onOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes on

    We now take our liberties and rights for granted, and the way of life it guarantees us as inherent. But what we now have...

    11 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | The Need For A Common And Secular Civil CodeOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | The Need For A Common And Secular Civil Code

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power nine years ago. The BJP manifesto promised a Uniform Civil Code. He slept for...

    4 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | The Narendra Modi style of governing a complex nationOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | The Narendra Modi style of governing a complex...

    Our politics are now at their adversarial worst. We seem to be in constant electioneering mode. Which means that...

    27 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | India-China LAC: Is give & take possible after Galwan?Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | India-China LAC: Is give & take possible after...

    The ongoing military standoff in Ladakh at the Line of Actual Control, the de facto India-China border, represents an...

    13 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Lets move from unitary state to Union of StatesOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Let's move from unitary state to Union of States

    India’s Union of States has reached a critical impasse. Its diversity bound together by the Constitution that was...

    6 Jun 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | China & Arunachal: Learn from history, experienceOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | China & Arunachal: Learn from history, experience

    The Chinese have never been quite explicit about exactly how much of India’s north-eastern state of Arunachal...

    1 Jun 2023 12:43 AM IST

    A farmer dries paddy which got soaked by unseasonal rains. (DC Image)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Suicides are no indication of India's farmers'...

    Politicians see votes in farmer suicides. Few of them seem to understand the reality that has overtaken farming in...

    9 May 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | The downfall of Punjab, and lessons for the rest of IndiaOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | The downfall of Punjab, and lessons for the rest of...

    Even though Punjabis account for less than 2.5 per cent of India's population, they are one of the most prosperous races...

    2 May 2023 7:24 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | What kind of society are we, how much of a democracy?Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | What kind of society are we, how much of a...

    The test of what kind of a society are we and what kind of a system we have today comes in times of a grave crisis. We...

    25 April 2023 1:03 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Panama Papers: Nothing done; no questions askedOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Panama Papers: Nothing done; no questions asked

    The Panama Papers had been briefly back in the news in India after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned Bollywood...

    18 April 2023 12:06 AM IST

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