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The author is a Delhi-based commentator and analyst
    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    After 3 years, coming to terms with reality

    The Modi government has got down from the high horse of rhetorical claims.

    26 May 2017 12:28 AM IST

    Chief Economic Adviser Arvind SubramanianOpinion
    Why the pundits fail to speak truth to power

    The charge levelled by chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian appeared to be a serious one.

    14 May 2017 1:20 AM IST

    Hindi, despite official backing, has not managed to gear itself up to make itself an eligible language to meet the needs and challenges of governance on the one hand, and of raising itself to the level of easy communication in the fields of science and technology, economics, philosophy and literature.Featured
    A red herring and a red rag

    Hindi is not going to swamp the country.

    23 April 2017 7:56 AM IST

    From 2004 to 2014 the Indian economy grew by an average of over 7.8 per cent each year.Opinion
    Growth crawls, DeMo blues linger

    Demonetisation hurt the economy more than anything else.

    21 April 2017 12:35 AM IST

    Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Will BJP put Hindutva on backburner in UP?

    The BJP's counter-strategy will be to prove their detractors wrong.

    21 March 2017 12:38 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to people during his road show in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    UP voted for change, not ideology

    People want change, and a change for the better.

    12 March 2017 12:38 AM IST

    Policemen guard as All India Students Association (AISA) and Jawaharlal Nehru University students hold a protest demanding the arrest of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members at the police headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: File/PTI)Opinion
    Limit to free speech? Debate call ominous

    The nation cannot be broken up in the name of free speech and ordinary people have nothing but disdain for leftist...

    1 March 2017 12:31 AM IST

    Budget 2017 is much too staid to raise any sparks at any time.Opinion
    Budget 2017: A bland exercise

    Arun Jaitley's fourth successive Budget, presented on Wednesday, was a bland one, like his three previous presentations.

    2 Feb 2017 2:32 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik on his arrival at the airport in Lucknow on Monday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    UP polls may not be national bellwether

    The BJP wants to win UP to flex its muscle at the national level.

    5 Jan 2017 1:34 AM IST

    The Uttar Pardesh chief minister is so confident that he can treat Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi with a certain indulgence.Opinion
    Akhilesh: A man of the present & future

    Disaster was averted when Mulayam Singh stepped in, and made peace between his son and his brother.

    28 Dec 2016 12:47 AM IST

    People wait outside a bank to withdraw money in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Why the note ban? A lot left to explain

    Mr Modi was desperate to make a big bang gesture and he found one in demonetisation.

    22 Dec 2016 12:50 AM IST

    Fidel Castros ashes will be buried at a ceremony on December 4 in Santiago de Cuba. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Fidel was no Stalin, more like Ho

    Cubans seemed to have silently rebutted the lopsided American view by sticking to Castro the Cuban leader rather than...

    30 Nov 2016 12:24 AM IST

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