I-Day ruminations: Could Partition have been avoided?
August 15 remains a day for contemplating whether India’s 1947 Partition was avoidable. Some say the British forced it. Any
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Why Pegasus is just the tip of the iceberg
A global media investigation has revealed that Pegasus, a telephone hacking software invented in Israel and supposedly sold only to
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Investor warning: Unicorns can go bust too
I have written twice already on the rise of unicorns, unlisted companies valued at over a billion dollars each. The
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1991 reforms gave us miracle growth, but now it’s fading
When Manmohan Singh launched economic liberalization in 1991, India was the world’s biggest beggar for aid. Today India is a
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As incomes rise, Xi will have to change his China model
Will China inexorably become the hegemon of the 21st century? Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 100th anniversary of China’s
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Lee Kwan Yew is the tallest Chinese leader
The Chinese Communist Party is celebrating its 100th anniversary, confident of making China the superpower of the 21st century. In
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Two-child cap and other disincentives should go. We need more babies, not less
The BJP administrator of the Lakshadweep Islands has created a furore through proposals such as prohibiting anybody with over two
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Why G7’s global minimum corporate tax won’t work
The Group of 7 rich nations has agreed on a new global framework for ending low-tax havens by having a
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Bitcoin & NFTs: Opportunities or Ponzi schemes?
Why put all savings into traditional forms of wealth such as land or shares? Why not into non-traditional forms such
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