India’s GDP is set for a V-shaped recovery under Modi government

September 7, 2020

In the April-June quarter, the Indian economy saw its worst contraction in the GDP, of 23.9%. In a global economy where the fraction of countries whose GDP per capita will sink is at its highest in 150 years, the contraction of the GDP in India was an expected one. Social...

Dubey case: Need for institutional reforms

July 18, 2020

The encounter of notorious gangster Vikas Dubey while being brought to Kanpur from Madhya Pradesh and the events that transpired thereafter has reignited important discussion which will have far-reaching impact. While nobody denies that the dreaded gangster deserved the fate for his criminal activities for over decades, the manner in...

The disconcerting echo of a Chinese whisper

June 26, 2020

The Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China is not demarcated through a formal agreement; either side can vary in its perception. Unfortunately, this has remained the truth despite the numerous confidence-building agreements signed since 1993 and two informal summits. Out of the 857-km-long border in Ladakh, only...

The Sushant Singh Syndrome

June 16, 2020

A lazy Sunday was rocked by the news of the young 34-year-old talented Sushant Singh Rajput’s death allegedly by committing suicide, as confirmed by the early reports of the police. As the news spread, sympathies poured in from different corners of the world on social media, TRPs of media channels...

New normal needs new thinking approach

June 13, 2020

A lot has been debated on how the MSME businesses have suffered during the pandemic. The ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ scheme also aimed at ensuring that the businesses remain afloat during these critical times. But I have been an entrepreneur and realize that the success and failure of a startup are based...

Liberalisation of agriculture: The end of the Licence Raj

June 6, 2020

My ardent belief is that the sectors that have been left untouched by the government or segments that have been deregulated have bloomed in the country. Globally, India excelled in Information Technology because it was untouched by the government; the same holds true for the BPO segment or the KPO...

Ayodhya excavations vindicate Hindu position for centuries

May 27, 2020

About 16 years ago, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) following the orders of Allahabad High Court excavated the disputed land at Ayodhya which had become the cause of much heartburn in the Hindu society and mass uprisings of a scale never seen before in independent India. The ASI finding...