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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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Economy on way up, but risks linger -
Raghuram Rajan, Mint
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A polarizing figure, socialist showman -
Hugo Chávez, NYT
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India must help us before Nasheed is murdered -
Ahmed Naseem, Times of India
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My book will be valuable for Indian army officers -
Gen Shahid Aziz, Indian Express
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We’ll fight under non-dynastic ruler -
Yashwant Sinha, Asian Age
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'Pakistan is not a jehadi state' -
Husain Haqqani, Former Pakistani Ambassador to US, Indian Express
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The man who must change China -
Xi Jinping, Business Week
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The Maldives is a keg today -
Mohamed Nasheed, President, Maldives, Times of India
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The people of Kashmir instigated the dispute -
Christopher Snedden, Australian Scholar-historian, Mint
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The small reforms are the easiest, but make the big picutre -
Raghuram Rajan, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Economic Times
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Businesses must know the rules of the game... If it becomes unpredictable, it is damaging -
David Cameron, British Prime Minister, Indian Express
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Cauterizing the wounds of 1971 -
Farah Ghuznavi, Hindu
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If you lose consumer trust, there will be no industry left -
Hari Narayan, Ex-Chairman (IRDA), Mint
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Teacher, thinker, he opposed quota -
PV Indiresan, Indian Express
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Doing business is painful -
R Thyagarajan, Hindu
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Of course, we must look into environmental factors, but not by stopping development -
Adi Godrej, Godrej Group chairman & CII president, Indian Express
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The Chaudhuri Effect -
Arindam Chaudhuri, Business Standard
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Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: Without truth, there can be no justice or peace -
Callum Macrae, Times of India
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Meet the meteorite hunter -
Michael Farmer, Meteor Hunter, National Geographic
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Regulators are sometimes too close to industry -
J Hari Narayan, Ex-Chairman, IRDA, Mint
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Turnaround Tony pilots India take-off -
Anthony Francis Fernandes, CEO AirAsia, Times of India
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Middleman with a Helicopter view of India, UK -
Christian Michel, Economic Times
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Meet the Gujarat CM's cheergirls -
Smriti Irani & Others, India Today
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Lunch and dinner with Julian Assange, in prison -
Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, Conversation
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Cong can’t wash off its sins with Afzal hanging -
Rajnath Singh, 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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