Liberty is not accepted in India as the ultimate goal of political systems. This is why, for instance, there is so much paranoia about foreign investments, wrote economist Ashok V Desai in 1995.
At the panel discussion, Responsibility Response, artist Subodh Gupta said people in India often know art through celebrity and price tags, not through engagement or understanding.
Trump threatening to pull the trigger might be just what is needed to wake up India’s self-congratulatory establishment from its headline-managing fantasies.
In 1991, as in 2025, the report cards of these two economic trajectories remain underwhelming. But as economists see it, politics got in the way each time.
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.
There are 3 perfectly timed triggers for this week's column: old, povertarian instincts are back; steel industry lobbying for more import duties; absence of reformers like AD Shroff.
On 24 July 1991, finance minister Manmohan Singh presented the Union Budget for 1991-92 that changed the course of Indian economy. In his Lok Sabha speech, he quoted Victor Hugo to say, 'no power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.'
Manish Sabharwal blames regulatory hurdles, lack of human capital development, and failure to transition from farm to non-farm sectors for India’s slower economic growth compared to China.
Deterrence cannot mean institutional licence for an endlessly extensible raid. A search that extends across days, followed by seals and freezes that linger for weeks, begins to resemble a siege.
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NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
If not for Shri PV Narasimha Rao efforts to open up the economy, we would be still hearing empty slogans like ” Garibi Hatao” and going to IMF every year like the “Beggar State” Pakistan
Trade, not aid. A promise delivered by globalisation, allowing so many people to be lifted out of poverty in the developing world. America should find other ways to deal with the rise of China, instead of resorting to import tariffs, technology denial, dialling back the process of globalisation.
he was, but above all he PV was a noted favourite of rss and he was associated… india cannot forget the demolition of babri masjid… he was an rss guy wearing congress topi!!!
If not for Shri PV Narasimha Rao efforts to open up the economy, we would be still hearing empty slogans like ” Garibi Hatao” and going to IMF every year like the “Beggar State” Pakistan
Gandhi was gave political freedom , Rao gave Economic Freedom
Trade, not aid. A promise delivered by globalisation, allowing so many people to be lifted out of poverty in the developing world. America should find other ways to deal with the rise of China, instead of resorting to import tariffs, technology denial, dialling back the process of globalisation.
he was, but above all he PV was a noted favourite of rss and he was associated… india cannot forget the demolition of babri masjid… he was an rss guy wearing congress topi!!!