The 2 ways to beat Modi in 2019

According to Yashwant Sinha, a national-level pre-poll alliance of all opposition parties should be formed or a nationwide pre-poll alliance of regional parties should be made to defeat the BJP in......

Time for Congress to reclaim its role as Opposition

To make its voice more credible and impactful, the Congress must articulate its alternative agenda for reforms, economic growth and a more inclusive political discourse that shuns socially......

What BJP must learn from Sinha's criticism

If Sinha's criticism gives credence to the view within the party that its members are afraid to speak up, it can do long-term damage, says A K Bhattacharya.   The decision of senior......

Why doesn't Sinha ask his son to quit the government?

Just as the mighty Bhim sacrificed his son Ghatotkach and Arjun sacrificed his son Abhimanyu in the battle against Kauravas, Yashwant Sinha must ask his son Jayant to sacrifice his ministerial......

5 things Modi should do to fix economy

When the Indian economy tanked in 1991, it did so because it ran out of foreign exchange. Today, it is tanking because it has run out of rupees even as the foreign exchange granary is overflowing,......

'Growth in last quarter dipped... but economy will recover'

‘Challenges will come but we will stay the course. No big step can be taken if one is afraid of criticism. We will not flinch from criticism,’ says Railways Minister Piyush Goyal. With......

How the 'mother of all tax reforms' actually evolved

The story of India’s fledgling indirect tax regime goes back a long way before 2000. In its essence, GST is a national level system of value added taxation of goods and services, says Shankar......

Why Sumant Sinha chose clean energy over politics

'Right time, right place, right business and I could see I was the right person. It was a now or never moment in a sense. If I didn’t do it then, then when? There is little point in entering......