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The rise & fall & rise again of statistics

Ajit Balakrishnan on the surprising drivers of mathematical innovation. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. The other day, in an attempt to lift the mood of three-dozen......

Staring at an abyss

Do India's laws governing the Internet need revolutionary change, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Some nights nowadays I wake with a nightmare, which is unusual for......

Speeding up justice delivery in India

Are breakthroughs on this imminent, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A couple of times a year I encounter some event that makes me rub my eyes or pinch......

In praise of the bureaucrat

Does IAS officers' work go unappreciated, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Just the other day (but before the lockdown) we were at home with several of our......

Farewell, India Abroad

Ambassador T P Sreenivasan salutes India Abroad, the leading Indian-American newspaper for half a century, which ceased publication on March 30. IMAGE: India Abroad, the oldest Indian-American......

As Work From Home Deepens...

… Are far-reaching social changes coming with it, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Sir, when will you open the office for all of us to come every......

Competition Law in Digital Platform Era

Are we running a cricket match using football rules, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The rules of football are clear even to schoolboys: Only the......

Manchester, Silicon Valley...

Why do Innovation Revolutions happen outside India, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com If you are born, raised and educated in India, high chances are that the......

Managing Internet tech change wisely

Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The media, the world over, is flooded with stories about how Internet companies are......

Reimagining Industrial Era GDP measures

... and getting GDP to measure India's data economy, recommends Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com We Indians seem to think of headlines about India's gross......

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