Arun Maira
Maira, a former member of the Planning Commission, is the author of Listening for Well-Being: Conversations with People Not Like Us
Sat, Jan 23, 2021
Democratic governance is breaking down because no one is willing to listen to people they don’t understand or agree with.
Fri, Dec 11, 2020
Market reformers must clean up their ideological lenses and see the reality of where power lies in markets. As Barbara Harriss-White, a scholar of India’s agricultural markets once observed, “deregulated imperfect markets may become more, not less, imperfect than regulated imperfect markets.”
Wed, Oct 28, 2020
The way the rules of the economy and trade are made must change to create a more just and resilient world. Voices of the poorest people and their associations must be heard more loudly than the opinions of the rich and their lobbies.
Wed, Aug 26, 2020
We need “social cohesion”, not “social distancing”, in communities, and in humanity as a whole, to fight this pandemic and also improve human well-being.
Wed, Jul 15, 2020
It is needed not only to strengthen India vis-à-vis China, but to make the economy good for India’s poorer citizens too.
Fri, Jun 26, 2020
The lockdowns following COVID-19 have caused many people to introspect about the purposes of their lives, and the purposes of the enterprises they serve. It has also provided an opportunity to reset the course of economies.
Fri, May 22, 2020
India must remain a democracy. Workers, and those who speak on their behalf, must be heard while framing or changing regulations. Their voices must not be silenced by ordinances.
Wed, Apr 29, 2020
Recovery from COVID-19 is an opportunity to create economies that are more resilient and fair. Three architectural principles must apply.
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
Governments should mind the health of their own economies. Thereby, they will improve the health of the global economy too.
Wed, Jan 01, 2020
Let us reach out to a citizen of our country who is “not like us”. Let’s listen to who she or he really is. Let’s start a national listening movement. And lead the world to an International Listening Day.
Fri, Sep 12, 2014
A forum for states, Centre to learn from each other should replace Planning Commission.
Tue, May 13, 2014
We need a Planning Commission for the 21st Century
Wed, Jun 20, 2012
With EU in turmoil and global markets roiled,India cannot muddle along
Tue, Apr 03, 2012
It is not just private sector that wants reforms in government systems
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
Budget forecasting is big but futile. Can we instead talk about implementation?
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
Each government institution has to re-invent itself in this decade
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
How to reshape the Planning Commission for our changed times
Fri, Oct 28, 2011
How to reshape the Planning Commission for our changed times
Sat, Aug 27, 2011
Indias young people have shown they have the zeal to break a corrupt system. Now they must learn to build a better one.
Thu, Jul 28, 2011
Second-generation reforms require a deeper conversation,within and outside legislative bodies
Wed, Jun 08, 2011
Citizens must talk to each other better,between elections,to make an aspirational democracy work.
Tue, Apr 26, 2011
We need to focus on improving tangible processes,rather than pore over numbers on paper.
Wed, Jan 26, 2011
Dont have stale debates about socialism. Focus on the future and reinvent Indias public institutions.
Wed, Dec 22, 2010
Dont pass off the messiness of public life as the music of democracy.
Sat, Sep 18, 2010
Reforming the Planning Commission to be a thought catalyst.