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P Chidambaram is former Finance minister of India.
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P Chidambaram writes: The speech that I might have madeSubscriber Only
August 07, 2022 04:10 IST
P Chidambaram writes: Rising prices are badly hurting the people, especially the poor and the middle class. Consumption and savings have fallen, household debt has risen and malnutrition (especially among women and children) has increased. Sadly, the government is not willing to acknowledge these facts
Sun, Aug 07, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: The Dragon in the RoomSubscriber Only
July 31, 2022 04:15 IST
P Chidambaram writes: A confident and effective policy response to China can emerge only if the Government took the Opposition parties into confidence, shared the facts and, through frank discussions, crafted a policy to deter China. Otherwise, we will keep counting the rounds of talks and delude ourselves that India has, in the altered circumstances, a China policy
Sun, Jul 31, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: ‘Process is the Punishment’Subscriber Only
July 24, 2022 04:00 IST
P Chidambaram writes: Why are the accused denied bail? Pre-charge evidence, framing of charges, trial and arguments will — not may, it is will — take many years. Should the accused be in jail until the trial is over? Is pre-trial incarceration a substitute for trial, proof, conviction and punishment?
Sun, Jul 24, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: I am Mohammed ZubairSubscriber Only
July 17, 2022 03:59 IST
P Chidambaram writes: All governments are guilty of boasts, but this government goes over the top and never admits to any deficiency. I recall Harry Truman’s wise words: “Trust, but verify”.
Mon, Jul 18, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: How much do people care?Subscriber Only
July 10, 2022 04:15 IST
P Chidambaram writes: Nothing seems to stir the middle classes out of their self-imposed isolation. The relentless price rise, the crushing tax burden, the unemployment, the tragic internal migration of 2020, the Covid-related deaths, the excesses of the police and investigating agencies, the flagrant denial of human rights, the hate speeches, the exclusion of Muslims and Christians, the egregious Constitutional violations...
Sun, Jul 10, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: Two divided democraciesSubscriber Only
July 03, 2022 04:00 IST
P Chidambaram writes: Thankfully, the Supreme Court of India has located the right to abortion in the right to privacy as well as in the right to life and personal liberty. In India, the law allows medical termination of pregnancy up to 24 weeks of gestational age and thereafter on the opinion of two medical practitioners after satisfaction of conditions such as injury to the woman’s physical or mental health
Sun, Jul 03, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: Penny wise, security foolishSubscriber Only
June 26, 2022 04:00 IST
P Chidambaram writes: The burgeoning pension bill is indeed a problem, but there is no evidence that alternative models were examined. The argument that the Agnipath model has been tried and tested in Israel is puerile. Israel has a small population, practically no unemployment and mandatory military service. Why was Agnipath not introduced as a pilot and tested before making it a universal and only mode of recruitment to the services?
Sun, Jun 26, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: More minus than plus in jobsSubscriber Only
June 19, 2022 04:00 IST
P Chidambaram writes: Jobs should have been the singular focus of the Modi government. It was not; it wasted 8 years. It used its social and political capital to divide the people of India
Sun, Jun 19, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: The gramophone companySubscriber Only
June 12, 2022 04:01 IST
P Chidambaram writes: The sad truth is that the Prime Minister has not uttered a word of condemnation. He thinks that he can ride this storm too. And life will go on. Truth is, political life will not go on in India to the exclusion of 202 million Muslims.
Sun, Jun 12, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: Economy still in the woodsSubscriber Only
June 05, 2022 03:15 IST
P Chidambaram writes: No country can become an economic powerhouse if the Labour Force Participation Rate is 40 per cent. The bulk of India’s working age population is either not working or not looking for work. And despite educating more girls, the LFPR of women is an abysmal 9.4 per cent.
Sun, Jun 05, 2022
P Chidambaram writes: Rob Peter more, pay Peter lessSubscriber Only
May 29, 2022 03:20 IST
P Chidambaram writes: Exhorting the states to cut VAT on petrol and diesel is akin to asking the states to beggar themselves: they will go broke and be obliged to borrow more or carry a begging bowl to the Centre for more grants-in-aid.
Sun, May 29, 2022
Time for a re-set Subscriber Only
May 22, 2022 04:04 IST
P Chidambaram writes: We cannot depart from the path of an open, liberal and market-based economy. That would be suicidal. Yet, we must take stock and, considering the global and domestic developments, re-set our economic policies. That requires the courage, clarity and speed of 1991
Sun, May 22, 2022
Good, bad and doubtful Subscriber Only
May 15, 2022 04:00 IST
P Chidambaram writes: The big, breaking, bad news is that a little more than one-half of India’s population did not complete 10 years of school education — 59 per cent of women and 49. 8 per cent of men.
Sun, May 15, 2022
Citizen vs State vs LibertySubscriber Only
May 08, 2022 03:00 IST
P Chidambaram writes: There is a deliberate and determined attempt to strike at the very foundations of the Indian State. There is a stealthy attempt to deprive the people of their liberty and inalienable rights by chipping at the margins
Sun, May 08, 2022
Indianness is citizenship, not casteSubscriber Only
May 01, 2022 03:59 IST
P Chidambaram writes: If we equate caste with Indianness, we will find ourselves on a dangerous slope. I have no illusion that caste consciousness or caste-based discrimination will vanish overnight, but there are encouraging trends toward getting rid of the caste system.
Sun, May 01, 2022
Counting death, poverty and taxesSubscriber Only
April 24, 2022 04:00 IST
P Chidambaram writes: There were 6,64,369 villages in India in 2019. Assuming that 20% of these were too remote and therefore not affected by the pandemic, that leaves over 5,00,000 villages. Even if, two persons in every village had died due to Covid (a gross underestimate), that will out deaths at 10,00,000.
Sun, Apr 24, 2022
Hate speech thrives and dividesSubscriber Only
April 17, 2022 04:00 IST
P Chidambaram writes: The BJP has enough evil geniuses who have the capacity to craft state-specific strategies: one such strategy is the deliberate effort to kick up controversies around food, dress and prayer in Karnataka
Sun, Apr 17, 2022
Dagger in the heart of liberty Subscriber Only
April 10, 2022 03:20 IST
P Chidambaram writes: The Home Minister verbally assured the Rajya Sabha that the techniques prohibited in Selvi will not be employed, but refused to incorporate the assurance in the Bill... The government resorted to the usual binary arguments: If prisoners have human rights, so do victims. The Bill is not about victims but about arrestees, detenus and prisoners
Sun, Apr 10, 2022
Poor pay for their own welfare!Subscriber Only
April 03, 2022 03:50 IST
P Chidambaram writes: After taxing the poor and the middle-class and collecting humongous amounts, the central government used that money to provide ‘additional welfare’ to them!
Sun, Apr 03, 2022
This horrific war must endSubscriber Only
March 27, 2022 04:00 IST
P Chidambaram writes: Why cannot India say that the war is unjustified? Why cannot India appeal to Russia to stop raining bombs on the civilian population and destroying homes, schools and hospitals?
Sun, Mar 27, 2022
The status quo is untenableSubscriber Only
March 20, 2022 03:46 IST
In the five state elections, the vast majority of voters desired ‘development’ but voted for the status quo. Welfarism is useful, but is no substitute for real and durable development.
Sun, Mar 20, 2022
Single-minded voters and othersSubscriber Only
March 13, 2022 04:53 IST
P Chidambaram writes: We have just witnessed the results of elections in five states that are as different as the five fingers of a hand. I followed the course of the elections in three of the five states and shall therefore restrict my observations to those states.
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
Who wants a tough leader?Subscriber Only
March 06, 2022 03:33 IST
P Chidambaram writes: I think gentle leaders are the best. They are wise, speak softly, listen to the people, respect institutions and the law, celebrate diversity, work for harmony among the people and leave office quietly. They make the people’s lives better.
Sun, Mar 06, 2022
Who failed the people of UP?Subscriber Only
February 27, 2022 03:47 IST
P Chidambaram writes: It seems the UP election is a bi-polar fight between BJP and SP. The kind words exchanged between Mr Amit Shah and Ms Mayawati reveal the hidden plan. The Congress has pitched its flag and symbol in all 403 constituencies.
Sun, Feb 27, 2022
There are jobs, discover themSubscriber Only
February 20, 2022 03:10 IST
P Chidambaram writes: Who is thinking of jobs? Not the Union Health Ministry... And not the Ministry of Finance that presented the Modi government’s Budget for 2022-23. The word ‘jobs’ occurred in three places in the 90-minute, 157-paragraph Budget speech!
Sun, Feb 20, 2022Journalism of Courage
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