Sonia, Mamata to launch campaign against note ban

The event will be significant for the Congress and Trinamool Congress leaderships, cementing the proximity during the winter session of Parliament.Archis Mohan and Amit Agnihotri report. Tuesday......

Why no centre-right political party in India today?

The truth is not that Chandrababu Naidu's centre-right policies led to his defeat but rather almost the reverse: his defeat, and for that matter that of the NDA at the Centre, was widely -- but......

What surveys don't really tell us about Narendra Modi

The Indian electorate may yet make fools of all of the pollsters, pundits and prognosticators, writes Vivek Dehejia There’s an old saying that “statistics don’t lie, but liars use......

The notorious link that Modi and Thatcher share

What ties together Thatcher and Modi is that their respective economic and political approaches are rigged in controversy, notes Vivek Dehejia.  Narendra Modi was giving a speech extolling......

A daily wage labourer who turned multimillionaire

The 39-year-old, the fifth child of an illiterate labourer couple and only the second of their eight to be educated, now helms various ventures that bring in a turnover of between Rs 75 crore and......

An inflation targeting policy regime for India?

Richard Clarida's recent paper could be key for policymakers in deciding whether India should move to an 'inflation targeting policy regime', says Vivek Dehejia. What have we learned - and not......

The real moral failure in the food security Bill debate

A widening food entitlement under the notoriously leaky public distribution system, rather than through direct cash transfers, is self-evidently a giant step backward in rationalising the provision......

Vivek Dehejia: 'Modi model,' template for India's development?

While the 'Modi model' perfectly suits the interests of corporate India and of foreign investors, does it also work as a template for economic development in India, asks Vivek Dehejia, economics......

From Amitabh to Madhuri, tweets hail India

As India won the World Cup, the tweeters went berserk. A sample of some of the more interesting tweets this wonderful night: From Bollywood legend Madhuri Dixit-Nene: Congrats Team India!!! We......