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Lack of clarity on NMP process, timing
Monetisation of assets is an attempt to replace public investment by private investment without...
Draupadi, DU and inconvenient truths
It is this prestigious University with its rich history that has now decided to drop some...
Opening schools should be a high priority
A nationwide survey covering 15 States has found that online education is simply not working. For...
The herd instincts of Indian business
After a firestorm over the article in the RSS-aligned Panchjanya magazine that called Infosys anti-...
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Politics
On August 15, 1947, where was Bapu?
While Delhi the national capital was being decked up for the grand celebration of independence and...
Attempts to obliterate Bapu, erase his legacy
To convert a shrine of our independence movement and the life of the couple who lived there into a...
A break-in that shames and endangers India
The argument that the data from this act of illegal snooping was available not to the Israeli...
The two-child law is coercive
India’s young demography has been considered to be its structural advantage. Half the population is...
Economy
Lack of clarity on NMP process, timing
Monetisation of assets is an attempt to replace public investment by private investment without...
National Monetisation Pipeline: Pipedream or...
Seen in the light of an acute fiscal crunch, the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) is an...
A large Budget deficit is like riding a tiger
The government’s budget deficit which is otherwise known as the fiscal deficit, irrespective of the...
Should high fiscal deficit be frowned upon?
There is a debate as to whether a large fiscal stimulus would lead to high inflation, warranting a...
Health
Climate crisis and rights of the child
Save those who have been termed ‘climate deniers,’ it is generally acknowledged that the climate...
The Covid crisis we don’t see
The official death count due to Covid-19 in India stood at over 400,000 around mid-July. It is...
Every pregnant woman must be vaccinated
During the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in India, we had not realised that pregnant women...
Re-arming the global health order
The Covid -19 pandemic has mercilessly pummelled the health system globally. The human toll exceeds...
Recent Columns
Climate crisis and rights of the child
Save those who have been termed ‘climate deniers,’ it is generally acknowledged that the climate...
National Monetisation Pipeline: Pipedream or...
Seen in the light of an acute fiscal crunch, the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) is an...
A large Budget deficit is like riding a tiger
The government’s budget deficit which is otherwise known as the fiscal deficit, irrespective of the...
Should high fiscal deficit be frowned upon?
There is a debate as to whether a large fiscal stimulus would lead to high inflation, warranting a...
Recent Diaries
Vikram Lall : An uncompromising aesthete
Vikram Lall made his life and livelihood as an architect, the Buddha Smriti Park in his hometown...
‘Quality and cost must be under government...
CMC is a national resource. All of India’s neurosurgeons were grandchildren, great-grandchildren,...
Epidemiologist throws light on healthcare...
I thought rich epidemic management is possible, in part by the Indian Constitutional division of...
A legacy transcending boundaries
Very few people outside India’s North-East are familiar with the achievements and legacy of one of...
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