In 'Another Sort of Freedom', Gurcharan Das says that one must squarely blame Indira Gandhi for not changing course when Japan, Korea and Taiwan had already shown the way.
The freewheeling conversation between Das and William Dalrymple moved from Partition, Manmohan Singh, Mahabharata, and Margaret Thatcher to AI seamlessly.
Unless India lines up a ‘Plan B’ before Modi govt can nix the model it has come to depend on, the unimpactful attempts to hurt China economically will continue.
The Indian experience so far is that when imports are banned or restricted in the expectation of domestic manufacturers filling in, it almost never — in fact, never — happens.
Exactly 30 years ago, the historic 1991 economic reforms freed up the private sector and removed many trade barriers, unleashing India’s growth potential.
In the centuries to come, economist Bibek Debroy's Mahabharata will attain the importance we attach to the texts of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhvacharya.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
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