In Focus: Elections 2024

By Jagdish Rattanani |
A commitment to this sharp pro-poor ideological positioning is critical to the revival of the Congress. Rahul Gandhi has done well to articulate this in his campaign
By Lekha Rattanani |
There is little doubt in the minds of many today that this election is turning. It will not be the cakewalk that the BJP imagined it would be for the party.
By Arun Maira |
The Supreme Court is raising fundamental questions about the rule of law in a democracy.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The noise and confusion being created over an inheritance tax in India is an attempt by the BJP to recover ground in an election that was believed to be in the bag but
By Jagdish Rattanani |
A commitment to this sharp pro-poor ideological positioning is critical to the revival of the Congress. Rahul Gandhi has done well to articulate this in his campaign
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The noise and confusion being created over an inheritance tax in India is an attempt by the BJP to recover ground in an election that was believed to be in the bag but
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is never easy or safe to read the mood of the nation, particularly in the midst of a national election that is well spread out, this one running over 40 days and in
By Ajit Ranade |
For the first time in thirty-three years, a foreign nation State attacked Israel on Saturday April 13.
By Arun Maira |
Modern economists don't understand how societies and economies function. The time has come for a new economics that will bring humanity back into capitalism.

Politics

By Jagdish Rattanani |
A commitment to this sharp pro-poor ideological positioning is critical to the revival of the Congress. Rahul Gandhi has done well to articulate this in his campaign
By Lekha Rattanani |
There is little doubt in the minds of many today that this election is turning. It will not be the cakewalk that the BJP imagined it would be for the party.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The noise and confusion being created over an inheritance tax in India is an attempt by the BJP to recover ground in an election that was believed to be in the bag but
By Jagdish Rattanani |
It is never easy or safe to read the mood of the nation, particularly in the midst of a national election that is well spread out, this one running over 40 days and in

Business

By Jagdish Rattanani |
A commitment to this sharp pro-poor ideological positioning is critical to the revival of the Congress. Rahul Gandhi has done well to articulate this in his campaign
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The noise and confusion being created over an inheritance tax in India is an attempt by the BJP to recover ground in an election that was believed to be in the bag but
By Arun Maira |
Modern economists don't understand how societies and economies function. The time has come for a new economics that will bring humanity back into capitalism.
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
It was an easy bet that the MPC of RBI would keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent – seventh pause in a row – in its first bi-monthly meeting for 2024-2

Economy

By Jagdish Rattanani |
A commitment to this sharp pro-poor ideological positioning is critical to the revival of the Congress. Rahul Gandhi has done well to articulate this in his campaign
By Arun Maira |
The Supreme Court is raising fundamental questions about the rule of law in a democracy.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The noise and confusion being created over an inheritance tax in India is an attempt by the BJP to recover ground in an election that was believed to be in the bag but
By Ajit Ranade |
For the first time in thirty-three years, a foreign nation State attacked Israel on Saturday April 13.

Society

By Jagdish Rattanani |
A commitment to this sharp pro-poor ideological positioning is critical to the revival of the Congress. Rahul Gandhi has done well to articulate this in his campaign
By Arun Maira |
The Supreme Court is raising fundamental questions about the rule of law in a democracy.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The noise and confusion being created over an inheritance tax in India is an attempt by the BJP to recover ground in an election that was believed to be in the bag but
By Arun Maira |
Modern economists don't understand how societies and economies function. The time has come for a new economics that will bring humanity back into capitalism.

Diaries

By Vidyadhar Date |
A valuable treasure trove of art work, murals, frescoes and paintings lie in a 16th century…
By Vidyadhar Date |
Recently I went to the redeveloped, commercialised Mahim bus station with 24-storey building…
By Vidyadhar Date |
The then Home Minister R.R. Patil pleaded helplessness of the government. He said the government…
By Vidyadhar Date |
In a way, Kala Nagar and adjoining buildings are highly privileged because of the Thackeray…

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