T C A Srinivasa Raghavan

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Modi will pay for note ban blunder

Modi will pay for note ban blunder

Rediff.com28 Dec 2016

It would be a miracle if demonetisation doesn't extract a political price from the BJP and Modi, says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.

How India paid the price for 'EPW types'

How India paid the price for 'EPW types'

Rediff.com30 Sep 2016

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: the latest political conundrum

Hinduism, nationalism and socialism: the latest political conundrum

Rediff.com28 Mar 2016

Hinduism, nationalism and socialism may be okay separately, but in equal combination they yield political nonsense.

Why PM needs a State of the Union-style stock-taking

Why PM needs a State of the Union-style stock-taking

Rediff.com1 Mar 2016

The PMO should also present an annual report, on the state of politics and society

Why this obsession with the fiscal deficit target?

Why this obsession with the fiscal deficit target?

Rediff.com23 Feb 2016

Don't waste the money on politically motivated social programmes.

Holy war in the nuclear age: A recipe for extinction

Holy war in the nuclear age: A recipe for extinction

Rediff.com7 Dec 2015

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.

Guess who has been the best governor at the RBI?

Guess who has been the best governor at the RBI?

Rediff.com16 Nov 2015

From a national point of view, inflation is the biggest threat posed by finance ministers.

Why can't we have a women's party?

Why can't we have a women's party?

Rediff.com10 Nov 2015

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.

How time and again India managed to come out of financial crisis

How time and again India managed to come out of financial crisis

Rediff.com19 Sep 2015

Though Narendra Modi doesn't know it, he is a victim of this deep-rooted infection.

Why there's no end to labour woes in India? Few observations

Why there's no end to labour woes in India? Few observations

Rediff.com5 Sep 2015

Governments find themselves expanding the entitlements of the least productive - farmers and bureaucrats - and abridging those of the more productive parts of the workforce.

What's the big idea, Mr Modi?

What's the big idea, Mr Modi?

Rediff.com8 Jun 2015

PM Modi must revive investment sentiment in the country.

India-China: A tale of two spiders

India-China: A tale of two spiders

Rediff.com16 May 2015

How should sophisticated countries deal with others that have a huge body but a small brain?

Lessons Modi needs to learn from Manmohan

Lessons Modi needs to learn from Manmohan

Rediff.com5 May 2015

If the PM wishes to be re-elected in 2019, there are a few things he needs to learn from his predecessor

The passing of Slogan Murugan

The passing of Slogan Murugan

Rediff.com4 Apr 2015

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

RBI governors and their bittersweet relationship with the govt

RBI governors and their bittersweet relationship with the govt

Rediff.com2 Apr 2015

Erstwhile RBI governors, including Raghuram Rajan never had cordial relations with the government.

It's a taxing time for India's growth

It's a taxing time for India's growth

Rediff.com20 Feb 2015

Maybe the new methods of measuring GDP helped us get an accurate picture.

BJP and Congress: The Deewaar problem

BJP and Congress: The Deewaar problem

Rediff.com9 Feb 2015

'The Congress has a great programme, but a suspect leader. The BJP has a great leader, but a suspect programme.'

Of PMs and their pet economists

Of PMs and their pet economists

Rediff.com17 Jan 2015

Economists who get too close to prime ministers eventually come to grief after their boss is defeated

Made for each other

Made for each other

Rediff.com18 Nov 2014

T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan on what's so fascinating about politics that books by journalists about it sell so well.

New whine from old aunts

New whine from old aunts

Rediff.com9 Sep 2014

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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