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'Mohan and Muhammad': In final book, Meghnad Desai leaves lasting reflection on Gandhi, Jinnah, and divisions that endure
October 22, 2025 10:59 am
The posthumous launch of Desai’s final book became a space to revisit Partition and the shared origins of two towering leaders
Meghnad Desai, Swraj Paul owed much to India — and India owes them a lot
October 06, 2025 7:12 am
In losing them, I have come to see grief differently. It is not only about mourning what is gone. It is about finally noticing what was always there.
Meghnad Desai, an economist of many parts
July 31, 2025 7:13 am
Meghnad was kind, a gentle and modest soul, with a lot to be immodest about. In many ways, he had no equal.
Eminent economist, House of Lords member Meghnad Desai passes away at 85
July 30, 2025 8:32 am
A Professor Emeritus of the London School of Economics (LSE), where he had a long and distinguished career, Desai also wrote scores of columns in newspapers in the UK and India, including in The Indian Express.
Eminent economist Lord Meghnad Desai dies, PM Modi condoles death
July 29, 2025 11:28 pm
Born in Vadodara in 1940, Desai earned his PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963.
Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics announces launch of 7th YERC; UG students can apply
January 05, 2023 8:55 pm
It is a national-level competition and aims to give students the opportunity to master the art of writing a research paper.
Economists need to see the poor as people, says Meghnad Desai
September 26, 2022 7:20 am
“Can we think of the poor as people? What is required for adequate living beyond eating, and what is adequate living? Life is far more than eating. How can more people be made more prosperous?” he asked.
Meghnad Desai writes: Why Kejriwal win is a game changer
February 16, 2020 11:04 am
Arvind Kejriwal ran an astute campaign for Delhi elections which did not allow the BJP to distract voters from the solid achievements of the Aam Aadmi Party in delivering public services. He did not fight PM Narendra Modi on the CAA, and treated it as irrelevant for Delhi polls.
Meghnad Desai questions number of lives lost in Mahabharata battle
January 04, 2019 3:37 am
Meghnad Desai was delivering the lecture on ‘Mortality in the Mahabharata-Exploration in Historical Demography’ organised by Gujarat Institute of Development Research at Ahmedabad Management Association.
Book Review - Hubris: Why Economists Failed to Predict the Crisis and How to Avoid the Next One
August 22, 2015 12:00 am
A light-hearted look at what ails global economics.
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