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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
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    Mohan Guruswamy | Force majeure' can't be fig leaf for naked greed

    It will be interesting to know if the government has been told by Reliance or Airtel of their inability to pay the...

    8 April 2021 10:43 PM

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    Mohan Guruswamy | NRIs a master race'? It's not they who are special

    The NRIs who talk at our Pravasi Bharatiya melas hardly remit any money back home, but they talk a lot telling us what...

    29 March 2021 7:11 PM

    The Indian Army has said agressive local incidents on the Line of Actual Control are resolved through local meetings ofOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | The challenges of living next to Chinese dragon

    It would thus seem India and China are destined to live out the foreseeable future as rivals, if not adversaries

    23 March 2021 1:51 AM

    Indian National Flag, used for representational purposes only (Image source: AP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Stop meddle & muddle: Rework regional policy

    Our diplomats have tended to be overbearing with the smaller non-hostile neighbours, often treating them like errant...

    9 March 2021 5:43 AM

    Indian army soldiers ride in a convoy along a highway leading towards Leh, bordering China, in Gagangir on 17 June 2020. (AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | India must learn from Chanakya, not a Shah!

    India's pursuit of iron-clad national security and global status ambitions makes it annually import as much as $20...

    4 March 2021 1:35 AM

    While it can be argued that a Security Council of a smaller number of countries is desirable to make the UN effective, it must also reflect world realities and be more representative of its diversity. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Does India want to be a Tier-2 UNSC member?

    India has asked for a greater and comprehensive reform in the responses, processes and character of the UN

    8 Feb 2021 11:12 PM

    Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, February 03, 2021Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | No new taxes? Budget's Mahabharata lessons

    Even in a much smaller economy like India, in the ultimate analysis it's the state of the economy that determines...

    4 Feb 2021 1:45 AM

    The Delhi Gymkhana Club. Photo: delhigymkhana.org.inOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Elite clubs bastions of hereditary entitlement

    After the white man departed, these clubs turned into a preserve of the new Indian elite -- many called them the -'brown...

    1 Feb 2021 1:44 AM

    US President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris (L) signs a a Made in America Executive Order, to increase the amount of federal spending that goes to American companies in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (JIM Watson / AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Biden’s real challenge is to fix America’s...

    The American crisis began unfolding when Richard Nixon disengaged the US dollar from the gold standard

    27 Jan 2021 1:52 AM

    Given its abject failures on the economic front, the BJP/RSS regime in New Delhi is now pushing India towards a Hindutva nationhood, by seeking to victimise a minority for the perceived wrongs and slights of the past. (Representative Photo:AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | An important lesson from India’s history for PM...

    An intolerant religion can never be the basis of nationhood and national unity in India

    16 Jan 2021 10:58 PM

    Mohan Guruswamy | Farmers’ stir link with rural distress tenuousOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Farmers’ stir link with rural distress tenuous

    The suicide rate in India, an agrarian economy, was 13 per 100,000, the rate in industrialised, rich countries was often...

    28 Dec 2020 10:37 PM

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    Mohan Guruswamy | Christmas ’91: The day Red Flag was lowered

    For most of that decade, Russia teetered on the brink with Yeltsin’s mood swings worsened by alcoholic haze he was in...

    23 Dec 2020 11:00 PM

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