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C Raja Mohan writes: 1991’s biggest lesson for India is not about diplomacy

July 22, 2026 10:32 pm

The collapse of old certainties transformed India’s strategy once before. Iran and Ukraine should force Delhi to rethink it again

Gen Z didn’t ask for liberalisation. Now AI is making it worse

July 15, 2026 3:11 pm

What happens when AI strengthens an economic model that has already failed millions of young Indians?

It stands to reason that anyone preoccupied with myriad problems like caste inequality, corruption and air pollution will be unhappier than someone who stoically shrugs their shoulders, knowing the world is what it is. And gets on with it.

The unhappiness of the young liberal

December 14, 2025 4:48 pm

Where does this leave the romantic non-conformist who values truth over obedience, devoutness and determined patriotism? Despondent, for sure. The liberal must take solace in Byron’s words, that those who know the most, mourn the deepest.

Then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with then President of US Barack Obama at the White House, in Washington DC on September 27, 2013. (PTI Photo)

Liberalisation to RTI to Nuclear Deal: Five landmarks of Manmohan Singh’s journey

December 27, 2024 10:09 pm

Manmohan Singh helped steer the country in the aftermath of the 2008 global economic crisis and was also regarded for his initiatives for minorities.

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April 13, Forty Years Ago: Government announces more liberalisation reforms for tech

April 13, 2024 10:49 am

A move is afoot to bring forth constitutional amendments to take away the rights of the judicial courts to intervene in matters connected with the decisions of Parliament, state assemblies and councils.

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Wonder Year: The seeds of present-day politics were sown in 1989

October 27, 2019 4:41 pm

In 1989, it may have seemed quaint. Three decades later, it is no longer just an anthropological curiosity.

Elgaar Parishad case, reviewed by Maharashtra govt, taken over by NIA

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September 02, 2018 12:51 pm

The embodiment of Leftist economic policies is MGNREGA. It supposedly guarantees jobs but is in fact just dole. It may ‘alleviate’ poverty but can never help poor people rise out of poverty. Modi seemed to know this when he first became Prime Minister.