'Who are these people on the streets?''They are youth and students who were hoodwinked, bluffed by Modi for the last seven years, with a promise of 2 crore jobs every year.''And Mamata sings the......
At some stage this fall in the quality of life will begin to hurt anybody's popularity, observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi. Photograph: Press Information Bureau......
In the crazily complex cauldron that is India, where caste, community, class and cash are just the primary ingredients, no one has yet come up with a fool-proof method to ascertain how voters make......
'You look with hope at a politician who comes along and promises to change all that: 10 million new jobs every year, no need to touch someone's feet to get an introduction to an employer. And fix......
'The confidence of the Opposition will go up and alliances will be easier to form if it becomes apparent that the BJP is losing ground in the north of India,' says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Voters......
If Cyrus's protestations of having no knowledge of his imminent dismissal are to be taken at face value, he was extraordinarily naive and insulated from the ground reality.There were enough straws......
John Elliott, the author of Implosion: India's Tryst with Reality, on his Riding the Elephant blog says the sacking of Cyrus Mistry as chairman of Tata Sons was in line with Ratan Tata’s......
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is regarded as credible by global financiers, says A V Rajwade. Image: Rajan took prompt measures to increase dollar supplies and restore confidence in the rupee.......
Centre and state governments are steadily increasing excise duties and value-added tax Record production in the United States, weakened demand from the Eurozone and emerging economies like China......
Growth and economic reforms in India must take centre-stage again and acts of corruption or security concerns should not distract the attention of the government and the people, said Union Home......