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Mission Lhasa for Chennai, as India-China row hots up -
Jyoti Malhotra, Business Standard
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Big ideas for India 2050 -
Vijay Govindarajan & Anant Sundaram, ToI
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A silver lining under the sea -
William J Broad, Hindu
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Achchha toh hum chalte hain -
Avijit Ghosh, Times of India
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The new small-town chic -
Sidharth Bhatia, Times of India
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Tap captive power for public good -
Saurabh Kumar, Business Line
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Indo-Pak cricket: Why does India keep giving when Pak just takes -
Seema Sirohi, First Post
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Time is running out for Rahul - and the Congress Party -
Smita Gupta, Hindu
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Ban elevator economics -
Surjit S Bhalla, Financial Express
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US on way to energy independence -
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Hindustan Times
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Why India needs an elected Prime Minister -
Yashwant Sinha, Economic Times
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Family sway -
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Indian Express
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Why fears of a foreign hand are real -
Arun Kumar, Hindu
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Why the BJP should not bother about 'secular' allies or the Muslim vote -
GVL Narasimha Rao, LensOnNews
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Silent Transformation: Census rewriting SC, ST narrative -
Anil Padmanabhan & Remya Nair, Mint
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Pranab outsmarts Sonia -
S Gurumurthy, NewIndianExpress
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Kashmir Pandits: Refugees in their own nation -
Sandeep Bamzai, Mail Today
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Farewell to Incredible India -
Economist
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Government as risk factor -
Vinayak Chatterjee, Business Standard
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Don’t look, leap -
Ila Patnaik, Indian Express
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Bharatiya Janata Parties -
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Indian Express
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Why the 21st century can well be India's -
William H Avery, Economic Times
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Jarawas are human beings ...just like us -
Swaminathan SA Aiyar, Times of India
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Pak shaken by the PM's gambit -
Najam Sethi, Friday Times
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How ‘Kolaveri Di’ went viral -
Cordelia Jenkins, Surabhi Agarwal & Amritha Venketakrishnan, Mint
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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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