The Times of India

A successful finance minister typically has three characteristics: good luck, political savvy, and wisdom. Yashwant Sinha was neither lucky nor politically savvy, though he showed flashes of wisdom. Jaswant Singh has demonstrated both luck and political savvy. He still needs […]

Ladies and gentlemen please take your seats. You are about to witness one of the greatest shows on earth: the gradual Indian takeover of global companies. As the process unfolds, every worthwhile Indian company will become a multinational corporation (MNC)

In 1998, Boris Yeltsin bowed out of office with the Russian economy in ruins. The Indian Left gleefully attributed this to rapid economic liberalisation. Five years later, after even more liberalisation by Vladimir Putin, the Soviet economy has staged a

In 1998, Boris Yeltsin bowed out of office with the Russian economy in ruins. The Indian Left gleefully attributed this to rapid economic liberalisation. Five years later, after even more liberalisation by Vladimir Putin, the Soviet economy has staged a

Dear Atal Behari Vajpayee, Your partymen are celebrating your election victories in three major states Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh, and claiming it points to victory in next years general election. Dead wrong. The real message from voters is that

Dear Atal Behari Vajpayee, Your partymen are celebrating your election victories in three major states Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh, and claiming it points to victory in next years general election. Dead wrong. The real message from voters is that

Some time ago, the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman posed the question, why do Muslims join Al-Qaida in so many Arab countries but not in India? The answer, he said, lay in India being a secular democracy. In autocracies

Some months ago I wrote about the thesis of Fareed Zakaria’s book ‘The Future of Freedom’. This is that the hallmark of successful democracy is not holding elections, or even promoting the will of the majority, but having independent institutions

A wave of protectionism is evident in the USA . Indiana state has just cancelled a $ 15 million software contract awarded to Tata Constancy Services and shifted it to a local company to keep jobs in the state. Curbs

A wave of protectionism is evident in the USA . Indiana state has just cancelled a $ 15 million software contract awarded to Tata Constancy Services and shifted it to a local company to keep jobs in the state. Curbs