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The importance of Gujarat
Narendra Modi has been re-elected as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, giving him an unprecedented fourth term in office. With 115 of the 182 seats in the Gujarat Legislature, Modi will be able to...
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India’s Tunisia moment
Has India’s Tunisian-fruitseller moment arrived? The death of the 23-year old Delhi student on December 29 after a brutal gang rape in New Delhi has many asking this question. Just as the 2011...
View ArticleIndia-Myanmar: A balance of interests
The unrest in Myanmar’s border states is in the news, but going unnoticed by the headlines are the visits by Myanmarese business to India in search of investment. In early March, a group of ministers...
View ArticleIndia-Pakistan: Business first
On May 11, Pakistanis will go to the polls and elect a new government. For the first time in its history, the country will see a peaceful, civilian handover of the reins of state. This is an...
View ArticleChina Shining: An Indian déjà vu?
There’s a brilliance emanating from our northern neighbour, a shine that is so luminous it covers the world. Everyone’s been talking about China and its remarkable rise, and now even the Chinese are...
View ArticleInterview: Are India and Pakistan ready for business?
Arun Nanda, Director of Mahindra Group, traveled to Pakistan in April, in the thick of election campaigning. He assesses the business prospects of India-Pakistan trade, and says he is cautiously...
View ArticleLi and Obama’s Mumbai lessons
The banquet hall at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai was packed to the brim with Chinese and Indian businessmen, in anticipation of the arrival of Premier Li Keqiang and his 200-strong delegation. The May...
View ArticleThe Return of the Patriarch
In his return to the chief’s chair to revive the premier Indian information technology giant Infosys Technologies which he co-founded, N. Narayanamurthy is following a well-worked tradition in the...
View ArticleGuest post: the return of India’s patriarchs
In his return to the chief’s chair to revive the premier Indian information technology giant Infosys Technologies which he co-founded, N Narayanamurthy is following a well-worked tradition in the...
View ArticleThe rupee’s precipitous plunge
The rupee has seen a precipitous drop over the last year, down 7.5% from 55.9 to the dollar and now hovering over the 60 mark. Certainly the current decline was the immediate result of the US Federal...
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Dreams out, reality in
When a nation starts to descend into a crisis, the satire and ironic humour of its hapless citizenry begins to blossom. India is at that stage. Quiz questions like “What will hit Rs 100 first, a kg of...
View ArticleIndian state elections: Winds of change?
Across Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, across Chhattisgarh and Delhi, the winds of change are inescapable. Evidence is plentiful: first, whether the Bharatiya Janata Party wins or not, there seems to be...
View Article‘Naya’ Nawaz Sharif?
This month, Nawaz Sharif will be sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for the third time. His Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won a majority of more than 120 seats in the contested 272-seat...
View ArticleForeign policy, saat samundar paar
After its usual procrastination and unwarranted suggestions from any number of experts, the Prime Minister’s office finally confirmed that while in New York, he would meet with his counterparts from...
View ArticleLeadergiri: The Indian dream
There is a new Indian dream taking root, and it’s not a virtuous one. The ideal of upward mobility, usually achieved through education and enterprise, is now attained through ‘leadergiri’ - the...
View ArticlePakistan: The change within
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif may say – and un-say – that Kashmir is a flashpoint that can trigger a fourth war with India. His countrymen, however, are thinking differently. At a South Asia conference...
View ArticleU.S: Losing friends, gaining nothing
It’s a good thing that the U.S. economy is on an uptick these days, for in the friends department, the U.S. is facing a depletion. Obeying China’s December diktat on the no-fly zone over the Senkaku...
View ArticleHow to lose friends and alienate nations
It’s a good thing that the US economy is on an uptick these days, for Washington, DC is facing a depletion of stock in the friends department. After upsetting partners in east and south east Asia by...
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Circles & Corridors of Economic Diplomacy
Among the many priorities of the new government in Delhi is setting a new Foreign Policy agenda for India. It is an urgent initiative that can help revive our economy and place us at a geopolitical...
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The battle for Benaras & Bihar
“From Harishchandra ghat to Dashashwamedh ghat, Bharat ka lahu behta hai,” says a young man as he walks through the gullies above the Benaras ghats. “We will make Modi win by 7 lakh votes.” That...
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