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Enigmatic Prophet of nonviolence
The prophet of nonviolence, Mahatma Gandhi, demonstrated nonviolence as an efficient method of...
Signs of welcome change in the Congress
Punjab has been a fiasco for the Congress. But it comes alongside one of the better things that has...
Negative effects of modern healthcare
No one can allege that India’s health care system is all bad. It has worked some wonders. Two...
A journey towards monetary normalisation
As widely expected, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India maintained status...
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Politics
Enigmatic Prophet of nonviolence
The prophet of nonviolence, Mahatma Gandhi, demonstrated nonviolence as an efficient method of...
Signs of welcome change in the Congress
Punjab has been a fiasco for the Congress. But it comes alongside one of the better things that has...
Revisit farm laws, build trust
It was one year ago that the three farm laws were passed rather hastily in Parliament. The laws...
On August 15, 1947, where was Bapu?
While Delhi the national capital was being decked up for the grand celebration of independence and...
Economy
A journey towards monetary normalisation
As widely expected, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India maintained status...
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...
Health
Negative effects of modern healthcare
No one can allege that India’s health care system is all bad. It has worked some wonders. Two...
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...
Recent Columns
Is discount control by auto firms...
A recent judgement by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), penalising Maruti Suzuki India...
Revisit farm laws, build trust
It was one year ago that the three farm laws were passed rather hastily in Parliament. The laws...
The social responsibility of Amitabh Bachchan
To an angry questioner on social media, who asked why has this celebrated Hindi film star endorsed...
Draupadi, DU and the inconvenient truth
It is this prestigious University with its rich history that has now decided to drop some...
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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