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The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy

Far from being the competitors of the United States, China and India are still its under-economies, serving it with cheap labour working on repetitive jobs and repetitive number crunching. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | What is the prescription for Americaâ€™s many ills?

About a decade ago, Tom Friedman and Michael Mandrelbaum wrote a long lament titled “That Used to be US. What Went...

26 Dec 2022 6:30 PM

It is now up to Rahul Gandhi to nurture inner-party democracy by deferring to Mr Kharge as the leader and letting him run the party. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Dynastic politics in India: Long live our democracy!

In recent days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been lamenting the rise of dynastic political parties. He is right....

19 Dec 2022 6:30 PM

The Indian Army has said agressive local incidents on the Line of Actual Control are resolved through local meetings of

Mohan Guruswamy | Are India and China going to be rivals for all time?

The short answer to whether India and China will always be rivals is a resounding “yes”. But rivals need not...

5 Dec 2022 6:30 PM

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Mohan Guruswamy | The 1962 India-China war: In dubious battle

I was in school in 1962, but the events of September, October and November are still etched in my mind. They still tell...

21 Nov 2022 6:30 PM

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Mohan Guruswamy | Desis in America: How some think and behave

The sheer crudity of the NRI “bulldozer” rally in the armpit town of Edison, New Jersey, reminded me of...

18 Oct 2022 6:38 PM

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Mohan Guruswamy | Only small states will be able to save the republic

The creation of Telangana, almost 60 years after the people of the region voiced their misgivings about being co-opted...

10 Oct 2022 6:30 PM

Cover page of the Calligraphic copy of the Constitution of India in English released on the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Republic of India in Central Hall of Parliament House on January 27, 2000 (Photo credit: Department of Justice, Governemnt of India)

Mohan Guruswamy | Towards a common civil & secular code for India

The cornerstone of a democratic society is equality. Without equality, there can be no justice, just as without justice...

20 Sept 2022 8:18 PM

The Dera Sacha Sauda of Ram Rahim Singh has been a cult that was much in the news. (Representatioanl Image/AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | The challenge of the cults: Can we overcome them?

Way back in 1843 Karl Marx in an introduction to a book that criticised Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of the...

5 Sept 2022 6:36 PM

The roots of our problem with China go back a few hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July 1807 (Photo: AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | How India got saddled with Aksai Chin mess

The roots of our problem with China go back a few hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July...

22 Aug 2022 6:38 PM

A file photo of Red Fort. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Mohan Guruswamy | How did we do in 75 years? Clearly, better than...

If India were to be horizontally sliced by income, it can be said to be three overlaid countries

18 Aug 2022 5:50 PM

The United States and some other countries have a whole array of space satellites orbiting at preselected trajectories to watch over their areas of interest. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Beware world! Big Brother is listening and...

On July 31, Osama bin Laden’s successor as the global head of Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, stepped out on to the...

8 Aug 2022 6:37 PM

Israeli ruthlessness was most evident in recent times by its retaliation on the Gaza Strip, horrific its ferocity and far exceeding any limits of justifiable and even acceptable retribution (Representational Image/AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Why State of Israel has lost its heroic sheen

Israel acquired a heroic sheen from the manner it had created a nation for itself, after over two millennia of...

2 Aug 2022 6:20 PM