It would be a miracle if demonetisation doesn't extract a political price from the BJP and Modi, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Had it not been for the intellectual dominance and political legitimacy of the Leftist philosophy since 1970, would EPW have become what it did? After all, there were other more established journals around then, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Hinduism, nationalism and socialism may be okay separately, but in equal combination they yield political nonsense.
The PMO should also present an annual report, on the state of politics and society
Don't waste the money on politically motivated social programmes.
Centuries old religious conflicts may be nearing an inevitable end with the addition of nuclear warheads to their arsenal, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
From a national point of view, inflation is the biggest threat posed by finance ministers.
If you can have caste and faith based parties, why can't there be a gender based one as well, asks T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Though Narendra Modi doesn't know it, he is a victim of this deep-rooted infection.
Governments find themselves expanding the entitlements of the least productive - farmers and bureaucrats - and abridging those of the more productive parts of the workforce.
PM Modi must revive investment sentiment in the country.
How should sophisticated countries deal with others that have a huge body but a small brain?
If the PM wishes to be re-elected in 2019, there are a few things he needs to learn from his predecessor
The purposeful Narendra Modi who won the election has been replaced by a prime minister who looks quite lost, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan
Erstwhile RBI governors, including Raghuram Rajan never had cordial relations with the government.
Maybe the new methods of measuring GDP helped us get an accurate picture.
'The Congress has a great programme, but a suspect leader. The BJP has a great leader, but a suspect programme.'
Economists who get too close to prime ministers eventually come to grief after their boss is defeated
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan on what's so fascinating about politics that books by journalists about it sell so well.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being accused of wrong things. His main problem is his view of himself, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan
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