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De-hyphenating Kashmir from Pakistan
Domestic Politics and Governance Jan 25, 2017

De-hyphenating Kashmir from Pakistan

What the government has achieved in its Pakistan policy needs to be applied to Kashmir.

Questions on the Union Budget and Make in India
Indian Economy Jan 21, 2017

Questions on the Union Budget and Make in India

There is more room than imagined for reform in the Union Budget for Make in India. Political willingness will provide the answers.

Staring at stagflation, a difficult year ahead for India
Indian Economy | Financial Markets | Developing and Emerging Economies Dec 20, 2016

Staring at stagflation, a difficult year ahead for India

Jury is out about the extent of the slowdown and the RBI has predicted a slower rate of growth 7.1 per cent for 2015-16 and is India staring at stagflation?

Will new leadership continue with Jayalalithaa’s policy priorities?
Domestic Politics and Governance Dec 15, 2016

Will new leadership continue with Jayalalithaa’s policy priorities?

How the post-Jayalalitha leadership of new Chief Minister O Panneerselvam takes forward her initiatives remains to be seen

Cashless transactions & cyber terrorism
Indian Economy Dec 07, 2016

Cashless transactions & cyber terrorism

Post-demonetisation campaigning for cashless transactions as way to stamp out black money has been stepped up with cybercrime issue needed to be dealt with.

'Make in India' by hand
Indian Economy Nov 29, 2016

'Make in India' by hand

As PM Modi is interested in making India great & is championing ‘Make in India’ slogan, he should perhaps give more incentives to Indian village industries

Will Modi utilise demonetisation to clean up corrupt political funding?
Indian Economy Nov 25, 2016

Will Modi utilise demonetisation to clean up corrupt political funding?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s masterstroke through demonstisation aiming to choke the cash channels of black money seems to have many positive consequences

In focus — Demonetisation
Indian Economy Nov 24, 2016

In focus — Demonetisation

What are the effects of the demonetisation move taken on 8 November?

Regional parties and Indian politics
State Level Politics | National Politics Oct 07, 2016

Regional parties and Indian politics

The author writes upon, regional parties role in India, in the country’s parliamentary democracy

Changed Pakistan policy a challenge to Modi Govt
Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy Oct 06, 2016

Changed Pakistan policy a challenge to Modi Govt

The September 29 strike was different in a significant way that not only did the Narendra Modi government own it, but also publicised it.

Finding a long-term solution to Cauvery water dispute
Climate, Food and Environment | Water Sep 14, 2016

Finding a long-term solution to Cauvery water dispute

Water disputes like Cauvery does not lie in ad-hoc Awards by Tribunals or orders by Courts

Farakka row: Time to shelve colonial reductionist engineering, explore Chinese model
Neighbourhood | Climate, Food and Environment | Water Sep 09, 2016

Farakka row: Time to shelve colonial reductionist engineering, explore Chinese model

The sole reliance on the traditional British engine while constructing Farakka Barrage has created problems at a minimum of two levels.

Us versus them
Domestic Politics and Governance Aug 24, 2016

Us versus them

Sheltering under the benign glow of Ashoka Pillar lions, the tribe of Government of India servants is the worst afflicted by the “us versus them” syndrome.

The #Kashmir Plan — beginning of the end
Domestic Politics and Governance | State Level Politics | National Politics Aug 23, 2016

The #Kashmir Plan — beginning of the end

It is believed that the Kashmir Plan was a tent pole in convincing Jawaharlal Nehru about the prevailing confusion in Sheikh Abdullah's mind.

Kashmir needs Prime Minister Modi's personal touch
Domestic Politics and Governance Aug 20, 2016

Kashmir needs Prime Minister Modi's personal touch

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an opportunity to prove himself a statesman by bringing Jammu and Kashmir on board.

Will cow politics help BJP in Uttar Pradesh elections?
Domestic Politics and Governance | State Level Politics Aug 20, 2016

Will cow politics help BJP in Uttar Pradesh elections?

It is difficult to predict whether cow politics will bring electoral gains to BJP and its allies in the five assembly elections early next year.

Dousing flames in #Kashmir
Domestic Politics and Governance Aug 17, 2016

Dousing flames in #Kashmir

Role of media, civil society, political parties and business are significant in addition to Central and State governments in dousing the flames in Kashmir.

How Kashmir boundaries were drawn on an uneasy truce
Domestic Politics and Governance Aug 16, 2016

How Kashmir boundaries were drawn on an uneasy truce

How Kashmir boundaries were drawn on an uneasy truce

ORF Democracy Survey
Domestic Politics and Governance Aug 13, 2016

ORF Democracy Survey

To mark India's 70th year of Independence, Observer Research Foundation (ORF) has launched an annual survey that will track the state of the ever maturing Indian democracy.

Calling the intransigent bully's bluff
Neighbourhood Aug 12, 2016

Calling the intransigent bully's bluff

Pakistan who always exhibited the tactics of an intransigent bully and every time the Commission bowed to her intransigence.

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