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Parts of the whole -
Chanakya, Hindustan Times
If I did not know better, I would have thought that all the chief ministers who met on Monday were talking at complete cross-purposes. But, clearly, they all had an agenda which mattered very much to their own states. Let me tell you just a few. Nitish Kumar of Bihar spoke of zero tolerance towards corruption, Naveen Patnaik spoke of a mineral resource rent tax on private mining companies
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Optimistic foreigners -
TN Ninan, Business Standard
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Fallacy of political tourism in Pak -
Subramanian Swamy, Pioneer
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Our human rights deserve better -
Hindu
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Not another law -
Indian Express
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Why inter-ministerial group need to clear quadricycles' entry in India -
Economic Times
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When it is right to copy -
Apar Gupta, Indian Express
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Playing hardball with China -
Hardeep S Puri, Indian Express
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Why there is no point of ranking Indian universities -
Bibek Debroy, Economic Times
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Why corruption continues to be around despite the outcry against it -
Chetan Bhagat, Times of India
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Sino-Pak Alliance: Naval and Nuclear Cooperation -
C Raja Mohan, Indian Express
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Everybody knows the fight was fixed -
DNA
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The unreliable source -
Hartosh Singh Bal, Open
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Virtual nasties -
Matthew Parris, Deccan Chronicle
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India: Patent and precedents -
Amy Kazmin, Financial Express
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India: the superpower that wasn’t -
Sandipan Deb, Mint
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What underlies the reasonable new China? -
Ajai Shukla, Business Standard
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US immigration Bill - is there an opportunity in crisis? -
Ravi Venkatesan, Bus Std
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Politics of revenge -
Pioneer
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Fresh options -
Financial Express
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Is John Kerry pro- or anti-India? -
Tanvi Madan, Indian Express
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Food for thought -
Minhaz Merchant, Economic Times
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A demographic tinderbox -
Mint
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The foreign spine -
Business Standard
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It's the politics, stupid! -
TK Arun, Economic Times
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Being reasonable is fine, being soft isn't -
Gautam Mukherjee, Pioneer
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 There was for years an old "social contract" between politicians and business. This provided for complex rules and regulations that made it impossible to do business honestly in many fields. But it was possible to do business dishonestly, through pay-offs . Some called this "efficient corruption" : politicians took money and delivered clearances. However, the anti-corruption mood of the courts, and new fears of getting caught (like Pawan Bansal) have ended "efficient corruption" . Politicians may still take money but not deliver on clearances , what some call "inefficient corruption" that freezes investment and growth. The old social contract has broken down.
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Split with Nitish will only boost BJP in Bihar -
K Balakrishnan, LensOnNews
WITH THE BJP seemingly decided on projecting Narendra Modi as its PM candidate and its close ally Nitish Kumar of JD(U) equally firm in his opposition to the idea, a split in the NDA alliance looks inevitable; most observers think it’s not a question of if, but when. |
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