Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As a son and grandson of doctors and a firm believer in a meritocratic education system, and......
Last year, during a conversation about her film The Namesake at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Mira Nair told me that she found Christmas cold and very alienating. "We had so......
What these elections prove beyond any doubt (if ever there was one) that Modi's hold over the public mind and Shah's mastery of election management are unparalleled.It doesn't seem likely that they......
50 years ago, on January 10, Lal Bahadur Shastri died suddenly in Tashkent. We salute The Gentle Giant on his 50th death anniversary. IMAGE: Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri visits the Lahore......
'Rates go up, revenues go up, and the need for compensation diminishes.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Goods and Services Tax Council has turned into a "rate cutting panel",......
There has been nothing consolidated in the Budget for this section that may transform entrepreneurship in any meaningful way Startups, in some ways flavour of the season, have got some relief in......
Interspersed with its celebrated administrative failures (urban administration and public health are some examples) are India's successes. Organising the Kumbh Mela is one; the conduct of our......
Rajan said that while there were talks about Jan Dhan, it was difficult to target transfers to people through this tool. Jan Dhan, he said, does not really work as advertised. Former Reserve Bank......
Over the years India’s governments have turned several public goods into private ones, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan. A friend of mine is appalled that the Modi government has asked private......
Come to think of it, G S Ramchand, who is now no more, sparked a revival of Indian cricket.When I arrived in Mumbai from Australia in 1959, the question being asked in sports circles was: whither......