India’s Surgical Strike – Calling Pakistan’s Nuclear Bluff

A lot has been written about the surgical strike carried out by the Indian army deep inside Pakistan occupied Kashmir…

Modi’s US visit puts India in the big league

In many ways, the just concluded visit to the US by Prime Minister Narendra Modi stands out. The visit significantly…

Digital Banking – Lessons from channel integration

Digital banking offers unprecedented opportunities both for banks as well as customers. It has provided banks breadth and ease in…

The Rise and Rise of Narendra Modi

I have long resisted the temptation to put down my views on Narendra Modi. It is common knowledge that the…

Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal – a puppet on a string?

Like most Indians, I have been following the anti-corruption movement that has taken center stage in India over the past…

An Anachronism called Karunanidhi

The Supreme Court of India in an extraordinary sitting called on a Sunday, stayed the October 1st 2007 ‘bandh’ or…

Playing pseudo scientific with Ram Sethu

In a cleverly drafted affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Indian Government through its Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)…

End of Caste-based Reservations? IX Schedule verdict

Thursday, 11th January 2007 will go down in the history of independent India as a historic day indeed. It was…

Resource Allocation for the Poor – The Manmohanomics Algorithm

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s recent remarks at the National Development Council do not come as a surprise. Apparently, he wants…

Parliament Attack : The Clemency Chaos

India has been and continues to be a victim of terrorism. It has lost more than 45,000 lives in Kashmir…

Undoing India through Caste Reservations

The anti-reservation protest in India has attracted wide attention and anger among most Indians. Almost all reasonable citizens and non-citizens…

Stand Up and Be Counted – The Indian Army Head Count Fiasco

Many have written and condemned the recent head count of Muslims in the Indian Army. Ostensibly, the government of India…

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