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P Chidambaram
P Chidambaram is former Finance minister of India.
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Across the aisle: The remains of the daySubscriber Only
June 24, 2018 00:10 IST
When the political parties demanded a ceasefire for the Ramzan month, the Chief of Army Staff had taken upon himself the responsibility of answering the demand and had said, “Azaadi is not going to happen, never... if you want to fight us, then we will fight you with all our force.” Following the imposition of Governor’s rule, he repeated the cliched phrase that “anti-terror operations will continue” and added “we don’t have any kind of political interference”.
Sun, Jun 24, 2018
Searching for Shangri-LaSubscriber Only
June 17, 2018 01:51 IST
The world’s leaders hear the Prime Minister and applaud his appeal to embrace diversity; and then they read about happenings in Dadri (Mohammed Akhlaq); Alwar (Pehlu Khan); Una (Dalit boys); and Bhima Koregaon (Dalit gathering). They shake their heads in disbelief and are confused... Whither the diversity that we advocate to the world?
Sun, Jun 17, 2018
Across the aisle: Governments hide, people seekSubscriber Only
June 10, 2018 02:15 IST
The mood of the nation is despondent. In the RBI’s survey (May 2018), 48 per cent of respondents felt that the economic situation had worsened in the last one year. In some sectors, like agriculture, despondency has turned into anger. Among some sections of the people, like Dalits and unemployed youth, despondency has turned into despair.
Sun, Jun 10, 2018
Across the Aisle: Second-class citizens?Subscriber Only
June 03, 2018 00:05 IST
Under the government of Mr Narendra Modi and his cohorts in the states, unlike the government of Mr Vajpayee, intolerance is the new normal.
Sun, Jun 03, 2018
Across The Aisle: Who is minding the store?Subscriber Only
May 27, 2018 00:09 IST
Public anger is building against high prices of petrol and diesel. Between 2014 and 2018, due to low prices of crude oil, government saved Rs 15 per litre in the cost of production of petrol and also increased the excise duty by Rs 10 per litre. Same with diesel. With a relentless rise in retail prices, government has no choice but to cut the excise duties which it is loath to do. The one-trick pony has no other trick up its saddle.
Sun, May 27, 2018
Across the Aisle: Who will save the Constitution?Subscriber Only
May 20, 2018 00:15 IST
The question that remains is, will the legislators elected on their respective party symbols remain faithful to the party, to the voters who supported them, to the unwritten rules of a democracy, and to the Constitution of India?
Sun, May 20, 2018
Across the aisle: India is failing the test on J-KSubscriber Only
May 13, 2018 01:00 IST
There was no animosity between the stone-pelting youth of Kashmir Valley and Thirumani’s family. His death was, what is heartlessly called, collateral damage.
Sun, May 13, 2018
Across the aisle: State election, nation-wide effectSubscriber Only
May 06, 2018 00:15 IST
Mr Siddaramaiah must prove that his decision to contest from two seats did not prevent him from campaigning vigorously for the maximum number of Congress candidates. Above all, he must keep the focus on 2 Reddys + 1 Yeddy — a slogan gifted by Mr Modi!
Sun, May 06, 2018
Across the aisle: The one-trick pony in DelhiSubscriber Only
April 29, 2018 02:28 IST
As the price of crude oil rises, the government is clueless and floundering. The prognosis, therefore, is crushing taxes, higher prices and greater burden on the average consumer. Curse and bear it
Sun, Apr 29, 2018
The Republic of ImpunitySubscriber Only
April 22, 2018 00:23 IST
Gang rape is the ultimate act of impunity
Sun, Apr 22, 2018
Across the aisle: Will government wreck federalism?Subscriber Only
April 15, 2018 00:43 IST
The fire that was lit by the Terms of Reference of the XV Finance Commission will not be doused by specious arguments pitting ‘populous and poorer states’ against ‘diligent and developed’ states. All states have poverty and developmental deficiencies.
Sun, Apr 15, 2018
Across the aisle: Southern flames may scald the nation Subscriber Only
April 08, 2018 00:05 IST
Post-1991, every state could take advantage of a more open economy, less control and state-specific strategies. States that were once regarded as having low potential now claim to have achieved high growth rates.
Sun, Apr 08, 2018
Across the Aisle: One-man band cannot make musicSubscriber Only
April 01, 2018 04:00 IST
India believes China is a hegemonist, China regards India as an upstart. None of the Modi Rules of Engagement — hugplomacy, Gujarati hospitality, etc — is working.
Sun, Apr 01, 2018
Change begins with words and ideasSubscriber Only
March 25, 2018 02:41 IST
Measuring growth is a problem. It is a bigger problem if you change the rules in the middle of the game.
Sun, Mar 25, 2018
Across the aisle: A message loud and clearSubscriber Only
March 18, 2018 00:00 IST
Rural India is in acute distress and urban India is divided among the helpless poor and middle class and the palanquin-bearing sections that will go along with any regime
Sun, Mar 18, 2018
Across the aisle: The hole in the budgetSubscriber Only
March 11, 2018 03:15 IST
The National Health Protection Scheme is entirely unfunded. If it is a jumla (akin to the announcement in Budget 2016-17), there is nothing to worry. But if the government rolls out the scheme in 2018-19 and buys insurance for the beneficiaries, it has to spend money. Estimates vary from an optimistic Rs 11,000 crore to a realistic Rs 1,00,000 crore.
Sun, Mar 11, 2018
Across the aisle: Minimum government, maximum damageSubscriber Only
March 04, 2018 00:02 IST
Democracy in its true sense — liberal, multiple voices and thoughts, and checks and balances — is antithetical to the RSS/BJP way of governance. If other institutions of a democracy are weakened, it gives greater power, in the real and practical sense, to the Executive. Hence, the deliberate effort to keep other institutions weak and debilitated
Sun, Mar 04, 2018
Across the aisle: What happened to Indradhanush?Subscriber Only
February 25, 2018 05:04 IST
The scandal involving the Punjab National Bank (PNB) has revived the demand for privatisation as part of comprehensive banking sector reforms.
Sun, Feb 25, 2018
Across the aisle: More voices against Budget provisionsSubscriber Only
February 18, 2018 00:04 IST
Is there a re-think under pressure from the so-called swadeshi lobbies? Just before the Budget, and in the Budget, the government announced a number of measures that seem to suggest that the protectionist (and taxation) lobbies have gained strength
Sun, Feb 18, 2018
Across the aisle: For healthcare, Budget gifts a jumlaSubscriber Only
February 11, 2018 04:30 IST
It is an insult to the people’s intelligence to announce a grand scheme without forethought or preparation or money in the last year of the term of the government.
Sun, Feb 11, 2018
Across The Aisle: Good doctor, bad patientSubscriber Only
February 04, 2018 01:27 IST
Dr Arvind Subramanian has been a good doctor since his appointment as the CEA in October 2014. The NDA government has been a terrible patient. The uneasy relationship between a good doctor and a bad patient is best illustrated by the divergence between the Economic Survey (ES) and the Budget
Sun, Feb 04, 2018
Courage fails, rhetoric remainsSubscriber Only
February 02, 2018 00:10 IST
Budget 2018-19 has the announcement, the jumla. It has no goal or focus.
Fri, Feb 02, 2018
New jobs: The 70 lakh boastSubscriber Only
January 28, 2018 01:37 IST
If industries/businesses in the organised sector that employed 20 or more persons can generate 55 lakh new jobs in a year that qualified for enrolment under the EPFO, then we can declare that India has, truly and comprehensively, slain the demon of unemployment!
Sun, Jan 28, 2018
Across the aisle: Celebrating gods, neglecting children – 2Subscriber Only
January 21, 2018 02:31 IST
There is another acclaimed report published every year. It is the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER). We have a new report (2017) on the status of education in rural India and it was published on January 16, 2018.
Sun, Jan 21, 2018
Across the aisle: Truth, post-truth and again the truthSubscriber Only
January 14, 2018 00:00 IST
Twenty-seven days before the Budget, it was an awkward time to speak extensively on the state of the economy or to give any assurances.
Sun, Jan 14, 2018Journalism of Courage
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