The Ayodhya judgment of November 9 draws on both the polytheism of Hinduism and the modern rule of law, says Deepak Lal.
The effects of creating 'baiting crowds' on social media, and their use by politicians, have diluted the civilising processes of parliamentary democracy, says Deepak Lal.
An aggressive Pyongyang is likely to force Seoul and Tokyo to build nuclear deterrents and thus thwart Beijing's ambitions.
Nothing, according to Deepak Lal. He argues that the contemporary attempts to control immigration in the US and UK are not nativist.
Cows are required for milk and as producer goods for breeding cows and bulls for the future.
The economics behind the surprising popularity of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
China's major economic problem has been that its heartland is an agricultural region with about one-third of the arable land per person as the rest of the world.
Not only is the current US financial crisis not solved, the seeds are there for even more serious crises in the future, writes Deepak Lal.
The current monetary 'non-system' is the only way to deal with the turmoil in the world economy.
Rapid economic growth and increasing military strength are essential to meeting geo-political challenges.
This potential jihadist takeover of a nuclear-armed Pakistan poses India with a serious conundrum.
The US will find it difficult to maintain the sinews of the forces that have held the global order together.
Instead of being agents creating shareholder wealth, the corporations at the heart of this form of capitalism seem to have become instruments for enriching their managers by bilking their owners -- shareholders.
The fear that the recent rise in the inflation rate will scupper their chances of re-election has led the United Progressive Alliance government to blame the usual suspects: hoarders, monopolists, and of course, foreigners. So bring back discredited policies: raid hoarders, torment speculators and ban export of agricultural products.
The social ills adduced to capitalism have less to do with capitalism than individualism.
If instead of appreciating the nominal exchange rate it is devalued, the price level will rise
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