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Minimum Trump, Maximum Modi—US is gutting bureaucracy, India is turbocharging it

Trump is the insurgent, who sees career civil servants as evil. For Modi, the career civil servant represents continuity, change and loyalty.

Trump has brought the N-word back in fashion

While we’ve all been focused on free trade, globalisation, Ukraine, and Gaza, Trump has already killed and buried the idea of non-proliferation for ever. Nukes are back as a deterrent.

One person’s Deep State is another’s Non-State actor. And Shallow State is where the real power lies

Deep State has now become the engine of conspiracy theories across democracies. America was the first, and India is catching up fast. Many European democracies are on the bandwagon too.

Kejriwal era of ideology-free politics ends. Contradiction of being in INDIA & targeting Congress base

Kejriwal and the AAP are devastated, but not finished. They still have a big state in Punjab, the municipal corporation in Delhi and 43 percent of the vote, even in defeat.

In defence of Murthy & Subrahmanyan: Success isn’t 9-to-5, and no one’s forcing you to work longer

It’s easy to beat up on the corporates. But a society that does not give its entrepreneurs, wealth & jobs creators love and respect, is doomed to be frozen in a low-middle-income status.

Middle class is addicted to Modi. Slowing growth, stalled reform & oppressive taxes don’t matter

Indian middle class seethes at growing phenomenon of political parties taking their tax money and spraying it among the more numerous poorer classes to buy their votes.

There’s a new ‘ism’ in town. Left, Right & Centre are losing to it

In the new world, the only idea that cuts across enough vote banks is populism. Its beauty, charm and success lies in its ease of use, in how little it demands from your head or heart.

An open letter to Prof Muhammad Yunus

Hasina took away your bank and you’ve served revenge. Here’s the test: now that you have public office, it implies public trust. Can you have it and do nothing with it? And if you would, what will it be?

Manmohan Singh has a legacy beyond 1991. Nuclear deal with US shows his strategic vision

Manmohan Singh’s success lay in making a decisive and historic shift towards the West. It was also audacious, in my book even more so than the 1991 reform, given how little support it had within Congress and UPA.

Bhagwat blows the whistle on mandir-masjid frenzy. Asks if a crow can sit atop a temple & become an eagle

When RSS sarsanghchalak is calling a halt to rash of ‘masjids built over mandirs’ claims, it could stem from realisation that it’ll be impossible for BJP govt to maintain order if issue goes out of control.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.