The past week has been dominated by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remark alluding to an “act of God”. She was referring to the Covid-19 pandemic which is now…
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By Jagdish Rattanani |
The statement by the father of Rhea Chakraborty reflects the pain and the discomfort many might feel at the manner in which the suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput is being…
By Errol D'Souza |
Is migration to urban areas advantageous for rural migrants? The recent events as migrants fled for their villages as the pandemic struck are an opportunity for us to…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
India’s macro-economic scenario in the post-Covid era represents a severe contraction of economic activity. The challenge facing the nation is unprecedented in many ways.
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In a course on journalism that I taught years ago, one exercise I often asked was for the class to roam around Mumbai’s famous Mohammed Ali Road during the holy month of…
By Ajit Ranade |
In the run up to the 2012 presidential elections in the United States, the Guardian newspaper published a story of how the Obama re-election campaign was building a huge…
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More than a 100 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi exhorted us not to be mesmerised by modernity. The COVID-19 pandemic in many ways is a wake-up call for the postmodern world and
By Haresh Jagtiani |
The Indian Supreme Court to hold that the two tweets of Prashant Bhushan have brought that institution into disrepute should be dismissed as laughable, except that it’s…
By Ajit Ranade |
In his latest stint Urjit Patel spent five years at the Reserve Bank of India, three as a Deputy to Raghuram Rajan, and then two at the helm of the hallowed institution…
By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
Acharya’s propositions strongly reflect the tumultuous period (2017 to 2019) for the Indian financial sector when he served as a deputy governor. This phase was marked…
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Death happens to everyone; but except in about 10% people where death comes suddenly, it happens with a slowly progressive Illness which allows for some healing of the…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The monetary policy and associated statements and documents announced on Thursday (Aug. 06) unfold uncertainties that can’t be modelled, upsides risks to inflation and…
By Himadri Bhattacharya |
Despite some notable contrarian opinions in this regard, a majority of the analysts and market participants believed that the MPC would keep the policy rate unchanged at…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
A 22-kilogram silver brick marks the symbolic laying of the foundations of what we are promised will be a grand temple to Lord Ram at the spot in Ayodhya where the…
By Ajit Ranade |
This past week saw the near simultaneous publication of two books by senior former Central bankers. Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel published his book called “Overdraft…