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Harvest of Modi's personality cult has yet to be reaped

'Narendrabhai is India and India is Narendrabhai.' Is this the chorus that will greet us a few years hence, asks Vivek Dehejia. The great Italian political philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote in his...

The notorious link that Modi and Thatcher share

What ties together Thatcher and Modi is that their respective economic and political approaches are rigged in controversy, notes Vivek Dehejia.  Narendra Modi was giving a speech extolling...

What surveys don't really tell us about Narendra Modi

The Indian electorate may yet make fools of all of the pollsters, pundits and prognosticators, writes Vivek Dehejia There’s an old saying that “statistics don’t lie, but liars use...

How diplomatic row with Canada will test Indo-US ties

United States-based senior Defence Analyst Derek J Grossman on Tuesday said Canada's allegations regarding the Indian government's involvement in the fatal shooting of Khalistan Tiger Force chief...

Sonia, Mamata to launch campaign against note ban

The event will be significant for the Congress and Trinamool Congress leaderships, cementing the proximity during the winter session of Parliament.Archis Mohan and Amit Agnihotri report. Tuesday...

Vivek Dehejia: 'Modi model,' template for India's development?

While the 'Modi model' perfectly suits the interests of corporate India and of foreign investors, does it also work as a template for economic development in India, asks Vivek Dehejia, economics...

The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate

A widening food entitlement under the notoriously leaky public distribution system, rather than through direct cash transfers, is self-evidently a giant step backward in rationalising the provision...

Indian economy, missing women, BJP and cricket

Is the BJP's opposition to FDI a result of its 2004 defeat? Why are Indians hesitant to help accident victims? Has Indian society become apathetic? Has materialism and consumerism made us...

A commitment that G20 makes every year, time to deliver?

Market-determined rates often lead to exchange rate misalignments, notes A V Rajwade. The communique issued at the end of the Group of Twenty (G-20) meeting of finance ministers and central...

An inflation targeting policy regime for India?

Richard Clarida's recent paper could be key for policymakers in deciding whether India should move to an 'inflation targeting policy regime', says Vivek Dehejia. What have we learned - and not...