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P Chidambaram
P Chidambaram is former Finance minister of India.
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Across the aisle: In good times and bad times, courage is the allySubscriber Only
March 01,2016 00:10:43 AM
The budget is an opportunity wasted by a government enjoying a majority in the Lok Sabha
Tue, Mar 01, 2016
Across the Aisle: A wish list and some notes of cautionSubscriber Only
February 28,2016 00:59:41 AM
The third budget of any government is a crucial milestone. If the economy is on a roll, it is a time for consolidation; if the economy is stuck, it is the last opportunity to get it unstuck.
Sun, Feb 28, 2016
Across The Aisle: Maybe we are all anti-nationalsSubscriber Only
February 21,2016 00:15:36 AM
What is the place of a University in the democratic republic that we have given unto ourselves? As a student, can I regard my age as an age where I have the right to be wrong?
Sun, Feb 21, 2016
Across the aisle: Crouching tiger vs hidden dragonSubscriber Only
February 14,2016 00:27:41 AM
Net neutrality is not a slogan and Regulations are not slogans written into the law; they need to have more nuance.
Sun, Feb 14, 2016
Across the aisle- MGNREGA: Making a meal of wordsSubscriber Only
February 07,2016 00:00:51 AM
MGNREGA was never about “digging pits”; nor is it a “monument to failure”. As Mr Modi has made a meal of his words, the time has come to convert the programme into one that will create “durable assets” and become a “monument to social justice”
Sun, Feb 07, 2016
China and India: In same choppy watersSubscriber Only
January 31,2016 00:02:51 AM
China has been the main driver of world growth for a decade. Through the 1997 Asian currency crisis and through the 2008 international financial crisis, China continued to grow at an unprecedented rate.
Sun, Jan 31, 2016
Across the aisle: ‘My birth is my fatal accident’Subscriber Only
January 24,2016 00:00:38 AM
Just as “No one killed Jessica Lall”, no one Is — or will be held — responsible for the death of Rohith.
Mon, Feb 01, 2016
Across the Aisle: To talk or not to talkSubscriber Only
January 17,2016 00:00:29 AM
While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy with Pakistan could be.
Sun, Jan 17, 2016
Across the aisle- Oil windfall: Gone with the windSubscriber Only
January 10,2016 00:14:12 AM
There is nothing extraordinary about the actual receipts or expenditure of government so far. No department is expected to spend more than the budgeted amount.
Thu, Jan 14, 2016
Across the Aisle: Price of procrastinationSubscriber Only
January 08,2016 00:05:00 AM
UPA couldn’t constitute the National Counter Terrorism Centre. NDA must lose no time in doing so.
Fri, Jan 08, 2016
Across the aisle: New Year resolutions for the NDA governmentSubscriber Only
January 03,2016 01:08:21 AM
There is no fun in making resolutions for the poor, the meek or the peacemakers. It is better to make resolutions for the high and mighty, and watch the fun while they break them.
Sun, Jan 03, 2016Across the Aisle: Confessions of a stricken conscienceSubscriber Only
December 27,2015 00:00:05 AM
Since nominal GDP growth in the second quarter was only 6 per cent, the estimated nominal GDP growth of 8.2 per cent for FY 2015-16 as a whole is a ‘pie in the sky’.
Sun, Dec 27, 2015
Across the Aisle: Searching for a method in the madnessSubscriber Only
December 20,2015 00:00:52 AM
On the National Herald issue, it appears that the government was prepared for the expected.
Sun, Dec 20, 2015
Across the Aisle: Sputter, stop. Then, suddenly, startSubscriber Only
December 13,2015 00:06:02 AM
On the very day India and Pakistan became independent, they inherited a clutch of problems that was the inevitable result of Partition.
Sun, Dec 13, 2015
Across the aisle: How to lose a friend and alienate peopleSubscriber Only
December 06,2015 00:00:36 AM
How did the ‘high’ of India-Nepal relations collapse to a point when all observers are agreed that they seem to have reached the nadir?.
Sun, Dec 06, 2015
Across the Aisle: What is economic reform, what is notSubscriber Only
November 29,2015 00:00:47 AM
Growth will indeed add to the national output and raise the per capita income but it may — and often does — increase inequalities of income and wealth.
Sun, Nov 29, 2015Across the aisle: There is a mountain to climbSubscriber Only
November 22,2015 00:00:00 AM
The tell-tale sign is the flat growth rate: 7.3 per cent in 2014-15, 7.0 per cent in Q1 of 2015-16, and the forecast of 7.3 per cent for the whole of 2015-16.
Sun, Nov 22, 2015
Across the aisle: The ethos of India wins the electionSubscriber Only
November 15,2015 00:00:35 AM
What was eloquence in 2014 sounded like empty rhetoric in 2015. What were considered credible promises in 2014 appeared to be just chunavi jumla (election theatrics) in 2015.
Sun, Nov 15, 2015
Across the aisle: Win or lose, Mr Modi will be on test in Bihar pollsSubscriber Only
November 08,2015 00:00:08 AM
A win in Bihar could propel the party in either direction. Win and continue with the winning formula of polarisation is just as likely as win and return to the development agenda.
Sun, Nov 08, 2015
Across the aisle: The NJAC conundrumSubscriber Only
November 01,2015 00:00:53 AM
Sober reflection will lead to the conclusion that the predominant role may belong to the Chief Justice of India (and the collegium), but there must be checks and balances and the Executive also must have a role.
Sun, Nov 01, 2015
Across the Aisle: Paradise lost, will it be regained?Subscriber Only
October 25,2015 00:00:44 AM
Before 1947, the phrase “neighbouring country” stood for Sri Lanka and, some distance away, Burma. Pakistan and Bangladesh are latter-day neighbours.
Sun, Oct 25, 2015
Across the Aisle: A call to the collective conscienceSubscriber Only
October 18,2015 00:14:46 AM
The writers are protesting against events that have not only political overtones but have profound social consequences. Are all Indians obliged to conform to one notion of religion or food or language or dress?
Sun, Oct 18, 2015
Across the aisle: What’s at stake in Bihar pollsSubscriber Only
October 11,2015 00:00:08 AM
The ascent to power of the BJP — with an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha — brought with it a sense of foreboding.
Sun, Oct 11, 2015
Across the aisle| Cut in repo rate: Now, do the heavy liftingSubscriber Only
October 04,2015 00:00:59 AM
The cut in the repo rate is not the end of policy making; it gives the Government an opportunity to take bold decisions.
Sun, Oct 04, 2015
Across the aisle | Encryption Policy: Act first, think laterSubscriber Only
September 27,2015 00:00:46 AM
The need for privacy, and the degree of privacy that each citizen desires, are best left to the citizens.
Sun, Sep 27, 2015Journalism of Courage
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