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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
    On September 8, 1962, units of Chinas Peoples Liberation Army had surrounded a small Indian Army post at Tsenjang on the northern bank of the Namka Chu stream just below the disputed Thagla ridge at the India-Bhutan-Tibet trijunction. Representational Image. (Twitter)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | 1962 lesson: How march of folly led us to disaster

    The Indian Army was under pressure, but Gen. Thapar was still not prepared to bow to sheer stupidity

    7 Sept 2021 3:19 AM IST

    If the United States reins in its deficit, China has much to lose. (AFP Photo)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Global reserve currency is an urgent need for all

    In the past few decades, the GWP has grown at a much faster rate

    18 Aug 2021 1:09 AM IST

    India produced about 50 million tons of foodgrains in 1947, while it produces five times that much now. Representational Image. (PTI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | We’ve done better than most; let’s not be too...

    India now adds 17 per cent to world GDP growth, giving it a considerable economic heft

    15 Aug 2021 3:47 AM IST

    claims NSO IT minister has said some of the countries listed in the Pegasus expose as its clients are incorrect. Representational Image (Twitter)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Who’s behind Pegasus… and why it’s no big deal

    The only difference between them and NSO is that the Israeli company is a white-black operation

    5 Aug 2021 1:47 AM IST

    A 14c copy of Magna CartaOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Liberty and rights for all: Myth of the Magna Carta

    Magna Carta came out of an intra-elite struggle between 40 barons and their King

    13 July 2021 2:22 AM IST

    The Union Cabinet can have up to 81 members,but currently there are only 53 (with 28 vacancies). (ANI file photo)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Cabinet rejig: PM needs to look for better talent

    If PM Modi wants to survive politically and leave a well- regarded legacy, the surest way would be to make his...

    6 July 2021 7:01 AM IST

    Mohan Guruswamy | Modi’s new architecture for govt may hurt IndiaOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Modi’s new architecture for govt may hurt India

    What should cause us concern is the centrality of the Prime Minister’s residence and office to this new layout

    24 Jun 2021 6:50 AM IST

    Mysuru residents practice yoga with Mysore palace in the backdrop following social distancing norms. DC photoOpinion
    India's culture & how it evolved Yoga is exercise, it's not Hinduism

    If yoga is Hindu, then karate is Buddhist, kung fu is Confucian and taekwondo also Buddhist

    18 Jun 2021 7:09 AM IST

    Deccan default cover imageOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | It's not for India to clean up the Afghanistan mess

    If that Afghan situation were to boil over it will spill out mostly into Pakistan, a country quite dedicated to our...

    8 Jun 2021 7:14 AM IST

    Karnataka bans chewing tobacco and spitting in public, violators to be penalised. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Tobacco India's top health crisis: Act now, or just...

    It is not that the incidence of smoking is low in India if we take into consideration the widespread bidi habit

    31 May 2021 7:35 AM IST

    Medical staff prepare dose for COVID vaccine to administer. (DC Image/P Narasimha Murthy)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Hubris, narcissim and moment of hamartia'

    The sin of hubris has been a continuing theme that has captured the imagination of historians, philosophers and...

    25 May 2021 9:24 PM IST

    Israeli forces flares light up the sky in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 16, 2021. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Israel's brutality in Gaza has dented heroic image

    The founding of the State of Israel held out the promise of a new nation

    17 May 2021 8:16 AM IST

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