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The notion that democracy and capitalism are interlinked is nonsense -
Tariq Ali, Indian Express
The 1960s were heady days — cultural and political revolutions, the death of Che Guevara and a raging Vietnam war. In the midst of all this was TARIQ ALI, a young man in his 20s who had just arrived in Oxford from Lahore, and who ended up as one of the most prominent anti-American voices. After graduating, Ali led the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign against the war and has spent much of the life denouncing America and “neoliberal economic policies”.
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Once was king -
Manmohan Singh, Business Standard
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Changing his stripes -
Nawaz Sharif, Hindustan Times
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Diageo's man for emerging markets -
CEO designate, Diageo, Business Standard
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Some ideological shift was needed -
Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Deccan Chronicle
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The force behind Dhrupad’s revival -
Zia Fariduddin Dagar, Hindu
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Halo on Manmohan Singh doesn't work anymore -
Ravi Shankar, Cartoonist, Pioneer
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Two contrasting Union ministers from same region, each under a cloud -
Pawan Bansal & Ashwani Kumar, Indian Express
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India’s being reinvented – we live suspended between worlds -
Akash Kapur, Times of India
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The law minister had no business calling the meeting -
Harish Salve, lawyer Supreme Court, Deccan Chronicle
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Vijay Singla: Kin of fortune -
Vijay Singla, Business Standard
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Man who blew lid off coal scam -
Hansraj Ahir, BJP MP,Chandrapur, Maharashtra, Mail Today
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In the hands of the govt, CBI probe can be denied, delayed -
Arun Bhagat, former CBI, AD, Business Standard
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Debate the quantum but don’t deny there’s been a loss -
Vinod Rai, Comptroller and Auditor General, India, Hindu
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News is to the mind what sugar is to the body -
Rolf Dobelli, Swiss writer, Times of India
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From being a ‘social butterfly’ to a bombing suspect’s widow -
Katherine Russell, wife of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Indian Express
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Whose the blackest hand in the charcoal till -
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Outlook India
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The only alternative to the UPA has to be a BJP-led coalition -
Arun Jaitley, India Today
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'Difficult to put a time-frame on monetary transmission post a policy rate cut' -
D Subbarao, Reserve Bank Governor, Indian Express
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Bilawal caught in irons -
Bilawal Bhutto, Mail Today
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How Nepali Maoists chose democracy -
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Maoist chairman, Hindu
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India and Taiwan could have the perfect marriage -
Chung-Kwang Tien, Representative, Taipei, Times of India
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The secular milkman -
Nitish Kumar, NewIndianExpress
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‘Success is the freedom to do what I want’ -
Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon, Hindu
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‘If cover-up happens in JPC, we cannot remain party to it’ -
Yashwant Sinha, NewIndianExpress
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If cover-up happens in JPC, we cannot remain party to it -
Yashwant Sinha, Senior BJP leader, NewIndianExpress
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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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