December 13, 2017 The Left-Liberal NYT-CNN-BBC-Guardian-Economist consensus that many Indians have bought into about Trump simply does not hold water. Either because he says and does the right things, or because he is lucky (and who can disparage fortune), Trump is presiding over the highest growth rates in recent times, the lowest inflation rates and […]
December 5, 2017 Constantly making changes to policies like GST shows that a government is responsive and open to course-correction, despite what critics say. Various experts in the pundit-republic of India have told us with supreme élan and wit that the frequent flip-flops with respect to our newest tax, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), […]
November 30, 2017 Twelve willful defaulters of corporate India attempted to buy stressed assets, prompting the government to ask banks to be vigilant. Is Modi protecting the loan-defaulting dirty dozen of India Inc., or is he calling them to account? No market economy can operate efficiently without an orderly and speedy bankruptcy process. The problem of […]
November 15, 2017 On Jawaharlal Nehru’s 128th birth anniversary, many of his political, philosophical and cultural ideas appear to be under assault. Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, is in danger of being ghettoized as merely a Congress party politician. Will Nehru’s political and philosophical vision for India endure? Jawaharlal Nehru was a successful leader […]