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Contrary to popular perception, British rule hardly affected Indian masses, it was the aristocracy that was affected Last week, I showed from the work of historian Angus Maddison that the Hindu-ruled period (1-1,000 AD) wasn’t as golden as is usually painted, with […]

Economic growth finally took off in India after it became independent. After almost 2,000 years of negligible growth, per capita income soared to $2,140 by 2003 As Independence Day approaches, we start reflecting on India’s long history that culminated in

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has just announced an urban employment scheme as part of an overall plan for a minimum guaranteed income. He calls it a pioneering breakthrough. Opposition parties in other states will now promise a similar guaranteed income.

The government should not hide behind security concerns and facilitate the entry of Chinese EV maker BYD, which has proposed to invest $1bn to expand its operations in India When a multinational company (MNC) with cutting-edge technology proposes a $1bn

The big climate threat for India is heat wave. More rain may just help us to blunt the effect of high temperatures. The floods that hit Delhi in the last two weeks were the worst in 45 years. Climate experts

Modern India has abolished terrible practices such as female infanticide, sati and stoning to death for adultery, and created a uniform criminal law. Why not a uniform civil law then too? As a secular fundamentalist, I welcome Prime Minister Modi’s

Operational flexibility makes more sense in a multipolar world that will one day accept India as a pole in its own right. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first to say India and the US were natural allies. Narendra Modi has

Hong Kong billionaire, 75-year-old Jimmy Lai is behind bars for demanding that China honour Deng Xiaoping’s pledge of ‘one country, two systems’ which it promised Britain when it took over the colony in 1997 I am a journalist, so you

Kala azar cases have crashed 98.7% — from 44,533 in 2007 to just 834 in 2022 — but completing the last mile has proved difficult Covid and malaria affect the rich and poor alike and so make headlines. Many readers may not

The BJP fielded 391 Muslim candidates in the UP municipal polls and 61 of them won. This successful experiment may become part of the BJP’s strategy for the 2024 general election. For me, the most unexpected change in the ninth