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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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An interview with Israel’s new power broker -
Yair Lapid, Leader of Yesh Atid, Time
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Modi is popular, but -
Rajnath Singh, BJP President, Hindustan Times
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Outsider in his party -
Narasimha Rao, Indian Express
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Modi Vs Rahul to be no-contest -
Yashwant Sinha, ET
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By far, the biggest risk is current account deficit -
D Subbarao, RBI Governor, Business Standard
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Internet censorship can be potentially very abusive -
Vinton Gray Cerf, One of the creators of the Internet, Mint
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I never thought I would play for India -
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Times of India
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As vital as her stories -
Jane Austen, Economist
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Our corruption doesn't look that corrupt, their corruption does -
Ashis Nandy, IE
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Autonomy of Central Banks is overrated fiction -
Robert Johnson, Economic Times
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Things in India have got much worse -
Salman Rushdie, Indian Express
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Expanding NDA is Advani’s role, my job is to strengthen BJP for next election -
Rajnath Singh, BJP President, Indian Express
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Rich should indeed pay more tax -
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Economic Times
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India's 'imagined landscape' -
Diana L Eck, Professor Harvard, Indian Express
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Our democracy is antithetical to the imperatives of governance -
Pavan K Varma, Financial Express
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The government has to choose between politics and the Constitution -
Gopal Subramanium, former Solicitor-General of India, Hindu
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A prince's tale -
Rahul Gandhi, Business Standard
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My note was to stop fertiliser overpricing -
Srikant Jena, Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilisers, Business Standard
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Outgoing PM asked me to brief details of N-programme to Vajpayeeji -
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Indian Express
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Another master move -
Rajnath Singh, BJP President, Business Standard
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Yair Lapid, Israel's man of the 'future' -
Yair Lapid, Leader of Yesh Atid, CNN
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That India isn't moving faster to eliminate hunger is shameful -
Mark lynas, Visiting Research Associate, Oxford University, Business Standard
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I think most would rather have India's problems than the West's -
Anshu Jain, Co-Chief executive, Deutsche Bank, Economic Times
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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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 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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