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Goa's engineer-in-chief -
Manohar Parrikar, CM Goa, Business Standard
Last week, when a grey-haired man wearing a blazer with chappals alighted from a cab in the foyer of a five-star hotel in Mumbai and announced he was Manohar Parrikar, the chief minister of Goa, the doorman was on the point of snorting and retorting: “Yeah right and I’m the president of the United States.” But Parrikar’s car hadn’t arrived on time and rather than getting late, he flagged down the nearest taxi and reached the hotel.
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Political class has lost all credibility -
Rajnath Singh, BJP President, Mail Today
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Rise, fall, rise and downfall -
Om Prakash Chautala, Indian Express
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I loathed India from childhood -
David Headley, Hindu
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Dynastic trend is disturbing -
Marti Subrahmanyam, Professor, Stern School of Business, Economic Times
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We can't get on a 9% growth path if we dont't align energy prices wit global rates -
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Business Standard
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A trace of 1975's dynastic politics is still there -
Vinod Mehta, Times of India
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The underrated Mr Chouhan -
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM, MP, Business Standard
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Know the Marans -
Kalanithi and Dayanidhi Maran, Business Standard
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Technology's greatest minds say goodbye to Aaron Swartz -
Aaron Swartz, Mashable
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A Stalinist rewriting -
MK Azhagiri, Outlook
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India's economic growth is driven by the states -
Laveesh Bhandari, Director, Indicus Analytics, Mint
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A ‘complicated prodigy’, online activist and Internet folk hero -
Aaron Swartz, NYT
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Oscar nomination, a high note for Carnatic music -
Bombay Jayashri, Carnatic vocalist, Hindu
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Good corporate governance cannot be legislated -
Aswath Damodaran, Mint
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Cash transfer may hurt girls and kids -
Amartya Sen, Hindu
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I’m not sure if tax on super rich will make sense -
M Govinda Rao, Director NIPFP, Indian Express
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Akbaruddin, younger and more agressive of the Owaisis -
Akbaruddin Owaisi, IE
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What’s this rape culture we are living in -
Eve Ensler, American Playwright, Mint
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The name's Drone, John Drone -
John Brennan, Hindustan Times
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'Put the entrepreneur first’ -
Anil Agarwal, Executive Chairman, Vedanta, Indian Express
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Heirs of Mao’s comrades rise as new capitalist nobility -
Clare Wang & others, Bloomberg
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Art must not be a preserve of the stage -
TM Krishna, Business Line
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New banking licences make no sense -
Percy Mistry, Director, J P Morgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust, Business Standard
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Can't understand exclusion of opposition ruled states -
Jairam Ramesh, EconomicTimes
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US swears in 1st Hindu lawmaker into House -
Tulsi Gabbard, ToI
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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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