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POLITICS
| 8-minute read
Indian Economy: It's serious. Multiple structural downturns make this slowdown unlike others
Unlike earlier slowdowns, this one has all the ingredients of a perfect storm. How long will it take for official interventions to ease the difficulties the Indian economy has to face?
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why India has to bite the Universal Basic Income bullet
A direct cash transfer to the poor is a powerful idea, and whichever political party comes to power at the Centre will feel compelled to move towards it in order to repair India's broken fiscal engine.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Who took your jobs away? The data doesn't lie
Why is the world's fastest-growing economy also suffering the fastest growth in joblessness? And how can the next government break through this vicious impasse?
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Lok Sabha Elections: Why Narendra Modi in 2019 needs a bigger wave than 2014
Is anti-incumbency the basic nature of Indian electoral mandates? Do people vote on performance or promises?
POLITICS
| 3-minute read
Post-Pulwama: India wants Pakistan to lose its IMF bailout. But that may result in Islamabad inching closer to Beijing
Losing the IMF bailout battle might just be the opportunity a beleaguered Pakistan needs to get closer to Chinese and Saudi support.
MONEY
| 7-minute read
Interim Budget 2019: It’s deflation that's hurting you! And it could hurt BJP too
The biggest chink in Narendra Modi-Amit Shah’s electoral armour is the economy which is the grip of strong deflation and plummeting demand. It is here that the Opposition has its sharpest advantage.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Understanding the Davos dilemma
Has the WEF Summit turned into nothing more than an annual jamboree of global economic contradictions?
MONEY
| 4-minute read
What shines and who has been exposed in the politics over GDP numbers
GDP numbers tell a fantastic story of India's economic resilience in which the country’s politics has turned farcical.
ART & CULTURE
| 6-minute read
Laxminama: How religion and trade shaped each other, and human civilisation
[Book extract] Business in India blossomed always in tune with liberal religious thought, where profit and credit had its sanction in all religious texts.
MONEY
| 4-minute read