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Surjit S Bhalla
The writer is Contributing Editor at The Indian Express, and Consulting Editor at Network 18
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No proof required: Guns, laws and sacred cowsSubscriber Only
October 10, 2015 00:00 IST
An Islamic or Jewish nation can prohibit the killing of pigs. A Hindu nation can prohibit the killing of cows. A secular nation can do neither.
Sat, Oct 10, 2015
No proof required: Central bank governor, a no-mistake jobSubscriber Only
September 26, 2015 00:37 IST
Given long and variable lags, unknown base effects, and confounding inflation expectations, can a monetary official ever get a policy action wrong?
Sat, Sep 26, 2015
GDP growth: Over to the RBISubscriber Only
September 12, 2015 00:00 IST
A necessary condition for GDP growth to accelerate beyond 7 per cent per annum is for the RBI to cut rates aggressively
Sat, Sep 12, 2015
No proof required: Numbers don’t lie-people doSubscriber Only
September 05, 2015 00:00 IST
‘If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it’: Goebbels.
Sat, Sep 05, 2015
Census, Christians, ConversionsSubscriber Only
August 29, 2015 00:00 IST
Despite having the highest level of female education and the lowest fertility rate, why is the Christian population growth rate the same as that of the average Indian?
Tue, Sep 01, 2015
No proof required: Why inflation fellSubscriber Only
August 26, 2015 00:00 IST
The RBI should screen each contender for the MPC with a simple question — how do you explain the past determinants, and the future trend, of inflation in India?
Wed, Aug 26, 2015
No proof required: Sons, daughters, classSubscriber Only
August 18, 2015 00:00 IST
Prior to the advent of Modi’s “unscrupulous doctors” practising abortion of the girl foetus, Indian parents had enforced a son-preference society through neglect or infanticide of the girl child.
Tue, Aug 18, 2015
Deconstructing inflationSubscriber Only
August 08, 2015 00:00 IST
The central bank continues to misread the situation because it persists in using year-on-year data.
Sat, Aug 08, 2015
Now will Congress pass GST?Subscriber Only
August 01, 2015 00:00 IST
The BJP has the ammunition to pass the GST bill — most importantly, the promise of a revenue neutral GST tax rate of 11 per cent, which a task force set up by the Congress had first proposed in 2009
Sat, Aug 01, 2015
No Proof Required: An ideal MPC for IndiaSubscriber Only
July 29, 2015 00:00 IST
The most desirable monetary policy committee will be one that gives primacy, but not total control, to the RBI.
Wed, Jul 29, 2015
How bad is the SECC data?Subscriber Only
July 23, 2015 00:00 IST
It’s very bad. It proves the adage — garbage in, garbage out.
Thu, Jul 23, 2015
No Proof Required: Conflict of interest, anyone?Subscriber Only
July 11, 2015 00:00 IST
High time the PM asked all BJP politicians to give their LPG cylinder, sorry, BCCI job, back.
Mon, Jul 27, 2015
No Proof Required: It is the BCCI, stupidSubscriber Only
July 04, 2015 00:37 IST
If I were in Sushma Swaraj’s position, I would have acted like she did.
Sat, Jul 04, 2015
Is Lalit Modi a fugitive?Subscriber Only
June 27, 2015 00:00 IST
From available evidence, he isn’t. So where is the need for Raje and Swaraj to resign?
Sat, Jun 27, 2015Needed: neta-cricket divorceSubscriber Only
June 23, 2015 00:00 IST
PM Modi should set an example by asking all BJP politicians to resign from the BCCI and its affiliated bodies
Tue, Jun 23, 2015
No Proof Required: The change is hereSubscriber Only
June 13, 2015 00:00 IST
In the Modi regime, profit-making and job creation is no longer seen as dirty work.
Sat, Jun 13, 2015
No proof required: Legacy of tax terrorismSubscriber Only
May 15, 2015 00:00 IST
In its first year, Modi government has undertaken a major economic restructuring. But it has also scored policy self-goals.
Fri, May 15, 2015
No Proof Required: Some media-bashingSubscriber Only
April 25, 2015 00:03 IST
Going by their learned comments on farmer suicide, if the Congress had won the previous election, it would have introduced a right to happiness bill to satisfy all voters.
Sat, Apr 25, 2015No Proof Required: New GDP is for realSubscriber Only
April 18, 2015 00:00 IST
Pessimists on Indian growth will have to look for pastures other than the new GDP data
Sat, Apr 18, 2015
Book review: Reading Mihir S. Sharma’s ‘Restart’ akin to the peeling of an onion
March 28, 2015 00:48 IST
The documentation of the Kafkaesque Indian labour laws meant to protect the elite worker.
Mon, Mar 30, 2015
Three finals in 2015?Subscriber Only
March 24, 2015 00:00 IST
Cricket World Cup so far has been humdrum. But next three ‘finals’ have the potential to make this a cup to remember.
Tue, Mar 24, 2015
No Proof Required: So why not ban the RSS?Subscriber Only
March 06, 2015 00:00 IST
It is wrong to ban ‘India’s Daughter’, wrong to extend ambit of cow-slaughter ban, and wrong to ban extremist political organisations.
Fri, Mar 06, 2015
No such thing as free waterSubscriber Only
February 18, 2015 00:03 IST
AAP should scrap free water policy for all and target poor localities, and those with no access to piped water.
Wed, Feb 18, 2015
No Proof Required: A fifth triumph for Australia?Subscriber Only
February 14, 2015 04:00 IST
What’s in the stars, and in the stats, for World Cup 2015.
Sat, Feb 14, 2015
No Proof Required: Dilli ko gussa kyon ayaaSubscriber Only
February 11, 2015 00:00 IST
Modi should not see AAP victory as having relevance only for Delhi. Kejriwal should not see it as having meaning beyond Delhi.
Wed, Feb 11, 2015Journalism of Courage
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