Category: Politics and Governance in India

If there is only ONE thing you read today, make sure this is it

From Sh S Gurumurthy‘s damning expose of missing millions, pay-offs and unaccounted wealth, “Zero tolerance, secret billions”, some excerpts (emphasis added): …Following Rajiv and forgetting Indira, Sonia Gandhi proclaimed ‘zero tolerance’ to corruption at...

Notes from the Road & A Thought for 2011

Last week, I spent a thought-provoking few hours in an intense discussion with a small group of friends in Delhi. In a fortuitous coincidence, this was the same place where I had a discussion...

Prof Jagdish Bhagwati on Pankaj Mishra & fiction as non-fiction

Thanks to Sanjay for alerting me to this sharp and insightful speech by Prof Jagdish Bhagwati, titled, “This is how economic reforms have transformed India“, from which these excerpts (emphasis added): …the naysayers, among...