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P Chidambaram is former Finance minister of India.

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State of ‘the state of the nation’Subscriber Only

August 22, 2021 03:30 IST

P Chidambaram writes: In the case of Mr Modi, however, his speeches on August 15 are unremarkable because they are not very different from his speeches at election rallies — minus his trademark jibes at the Opposition (e.g., Didi-oh-Didi).

Mon, Aug 23, 2021

Spare a thought for the economySubscriber Only

August 15, 2021 06:48 IST

P Chidambaram writes: Every country has to re-double the pace of vaccination and rework its economic strategy. India’s managers seem to be blissfully ignorant of the challenging situation and we are falling behind on both counts.

Sun, Aug 15, 2021

Pandemic: Beyond the economySubscriber Only

August 08, 2021 03:45 IST

P Chidambaram writes: The pivot to climbing out of every hole — be it concerning the economy, education, social intercourse or festivals — is vaccination. Unless we vaccinate all the people of India, we will be on a start-stop mode that will take us nowhere.

Sun, Aug 08, 2021

‘Business only with governments’Subscriber Only

August 01, 2021 03:30 IST

P Chidambaram writes: The reaction of Mr Modi’s government to the Pegasus revelations stands in stark contrast to the reaction of a liberal democracy like France, a hard-wired democracy like Israel and a questionable democracy like Hungary.

Sun, Aug 01, 2021

Government rides a winged horseSubscriber Only

July 25, 2021 03:30 IST

P Chidambaram writes: Snooping can be elevated to a patriotic duty. And as long as there are enough people to justify snooping by the government — the right to privacy be damned — who can stop the march to a dystopian India?

Sun, Jul 25, 2021

The sovereign looks the other waySubscriber Only

July 18, 2021 03:25 IST

P Chidambaram writes: What do we make of the government’s attitude of “I don’t care if the people suffer” and the people’s attitude of “This is our fate”? The only possible conclusion is that there is a total perversion of democracy that is supposed to be ‘government of the people, by the people and for the people’.

Sun, Jul 18, 2021

The ghost takes form and shapeSubscriber Only

July 11, 2021 03:30 IST

P Chidambaram writes: When the Rafale controversy was building, four institutions of India — supposedly watchdogs — failed the country: the media, the Supreme Court, Parliament and the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG).

Sun, Jul 11, 2021

We had wings, learned to flySubscriber Only

July 04, 2021 03:30 IST

P Chidambaram writes: We discovered we always had wings, but we had forgotten to fly. Thirty years ago, this week, we took to the skies.

Sun, Jul 04, 2021

Most Severely Mauled EnterprisesSubscriber Only

June 27, 2021 03:30 IST

P Chidambaram writes: The pandemic has killed the spirit of entrepreneurship among low-capital, under-20 employment, low-turnover, low-profit-seeking businesspersons. The government watched as their businesses collapsed. For them, it is the way to Atma Nirvana.

Sun, Jun 27, 2021

Will we write an elegy for GST?Subscriber Only

June 20, 2021 03:30 IST

P Chidambaram writes: Mr Modi’s government has weaponised the GST to browbeat states. The GST Council has been reduced to a talking shop

Sun, Jun 20, 2021

Take responsibility, consult, make plansSubscriber Only

June 13, 2021 04:12 IST

The government must shed its animosity to planning and appoint a dedicated group to anticipate unforeseen events and make plans for every contingency.

Sun, Jun 13, 2021

The bird and the worm agreeSubscriber Only

June 06, 2021 03:30 IST

P Chidambaram writes: The average Indian cannot aspire to climb the Hill. He or she is more or less confined to the village or to the ward of a town or city. Because both feet are firmly planted on the ground, the average Indian’s view is like the worm’s view.

Sun, Jun 06, 2021

A bigger calamity awaits usSubscriber Only

May 30, 2021 03:38 IST

It is quite clear that the main indicators of a sound economy are negative. Economic conditions will have an adverse impact on livelihoods and, in conjunction with the pandemic, on lives.

Sun, May 30, 2021

One pandemic, many casualtiesSubscriber Only

May 23, 2021 03:30 IST

Some governments have responded with courage and efficiency to the pandemic, while others, like the Indian government, have collapsed.

Sun, May 23, 2021

Not the age of reasonSubscriber Only

May 16, 2021 03:40 IST

No party can escape blame. Some tried hard despite obstacles, some faltered, and some buried the facts and relied on bluff and bluster. The victims are the people.

Sun, May 16, 2021

Modi vs Didi and other battlesSubscriber Only

May 09, 2021 03:40 IST

Ms Banerjee’s defining image was her wheelchair-bound campaign. The wheelchair triumphed over the cheap cat-call. No less absorbing was the battle for Kerala where the UDF lost to the LDF.

Sun, May 09, 2021

From crisis to catastropheSubscriber Only

May 02, 2021 04:00 IST

Thanks to the incompetence of the Central government, the boast of “India is the pharmacy of the world” has vanished and, instead, we are pleading for supplies from other countries and other manufacturers who have limited quantities of vaccines to supply to India.

Sun, May 02, 2021

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After 7 years, deprivation, disease & deathSubscriber Only

April 25, 2021 03:55 IST

The quality of governance has sunk to an abysmal low. The result is what we see around us — deprivation, debt, disease and death.

Sun, Apr 25, 2021

Elections are less free and fairSubscriber Only

April 18, 2021 03:00 IST

An election is no longer a festival of democracy but a staged event

Sun, Apr 18, 2021

The ghost of Rafale appearsSubscriber Only

April 11, 2021 03:00 IST

The Rafale deal will be exhumed. Until then, the ghost will haunt the government.

Sun, Apr 11, 2021

Modi thought and its consequencesSubscriber Only

April 04, 2021 03:00 IST

While the results of the elections in the four states are of immediate interest, the larger question is how will the country be governed in the three remaining years of the BJP government at the Centre.

Sun, Apr 04, 2021

Go back, Viceroy of DelhiSubscriber Only

March 28, 2021 03:00 IST

Mr Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers have been reduced to footmen to fetch and carry for the Viceroy.

Sun, Mar 28, 2021

Across the aisle: Coalitions are collaborationsSubscriber Only

March 21, 2021 03:47 IST

Given a number of exclusive parties, coalitions have shown the way for more inclusive politics. In the current elections, Muslim- and Dalit-founded parties have found space for themselves in coalitions in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

Sun, Mar 21, 2021