India’s Great Leap Forward
A year on the Prime Minister’s Great Idea may have turned out to be a dud Mao ZeDong’s Great Leap Forward [1] has to be the most outstanding example of […]
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Economics
License Raj Makes A Comeback
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority’s move to cap pricing of coronary stents would adversely affect well-to-do patients and medical tourism industry in India After the Delhi High court passed the order
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A reckless war on cash – the real goal of #DeMonetisation
It isn’t just in India, that people are being forced to put money into banks. Banks worldwide are in trouble. Banks worldwide are needing bailouts. Demonetisation of notes is being
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Drought and Farmer Suicides 101 for Manu Joseph
Not sure how to do this, given that this is a data free hatchet job by Manu Joseph. So it isn’t like he is claiming that his absurd claims are
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#NetNeutrality and the human on the street
Even without adding #NetNeutrality to the mix, the relationship between the average consumer and any telecom services provider in India is a tetchy one at best. Irrespective of whether you
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It seems Ashok Malik thinks tribals are too stupid to know their ground realities
It is a piece Ashok Malik wrote to explain Rahul Gandhi’s stupidity. It ends up improving my estimation of his intelligence. In a rather long winded post “Green means stop“,
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Counter lies with Truth
This old piece remains among the best on the organized right wing takeover of Indian media. *** What have been the inroads made by the RSS into the media over
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The writing on the wall – Lok Sabha Elections 2014 result
As I write this post, no results are declared yet, but it is looking like BJP will have a clear majority without allies being needed. Needless to say, this is
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Babasaheb Ambedkar quotes on democracy
A collection of quotes by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, a visionary far ahead of his time with a vision that spanned across differences and time. Dr B R Ambedkar authored the Indian Constitution.
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