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Euphoria over President Obama`s support has led some Indians to believe that India will soon become a permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC). Others say Obama has offered a ticket to the UNSC contingent on India paying a […]

Will US politics be transformed by the Tea Party movement, which thrashed President Obama`s Democrats in US mid-term Congressional elections just before his India visit? Absolutely not. The radical posturing of Tea Party stalwarts is mostly hypocritical mush. The movement

Most international visits by presidents and prime ministers are business-as-usual affairs. Agreements that have been in the works for some time are signed with a ceremonial flourish, but little of a game-changing or truly strategic nature emerges. Such business-as-usual exercises

It’s actually a boon to moneylenders . For two decades, microfinance institutions (MFIs) have spread fast in Andhra Pradesh, reaching millions of poor women and filling the space once dominated by moneylenders. But last week, the state government issued an

Now that the Commonwealth Games have commenced, glitches and all, we can assess them more soberly than the high-pitched media sound bites of recent weeks. Many critics complain that the Games show India in a terrible light. In fact, they

Last week, this column highlighted major economic improvements for dalits in Uttar Pradesh, based on a research paper by Devesh Kapur and others (Rethinking inequality : Dalits in UP in the market reform era). But the real dalit revolution has

Are you among those who think record GDP growth has done nothing for dalits ? Think again. A seminal paper, \”Rethinking Inequality : Dalits in UP in the Market Reform Era\” by Devesh Kapur, CB Prasad, Lant Pritchett and D

After his passionate defence of displaced tribals in Orissa, analysts have started talking about Rahul Gandhi\’s left turn. Whoa!  Rahul is more pragmatic opportunist than left-wing ideologue. Remember Indira Gandhi\’s left turn in 1969? Supposedly for Garibi Hatao, she nationalized

After his passionate defence of displaced tribals in Orissa, analysts have started talking about Rahul Gandhi\’s left turn. Whoa!  Rahul is more pragmatic opportunist than left-wing ideologue. Remember Indira Gandhi\’s left turn in 1969? Supposedly for Garibi Hatao, she nationalized

To project jobs, Ohio Governor Strickland has banned outsourcing by companies getting state government funds. This has raised a storm of protest in India, but it\’s a storm in a tea cup. Our IT exports to the US federal and