“Biharnomics” Examined
In Alaskonomics and Bihar – Part I, I raised the point about distribution of taxes and income amongst various states in India. This matter is at the heart of several controversies – the most...
Category: Politics and Governance in India
W’end Reading: Truth about Gujarat, Contacting Voters & an Unusual Call-Centre
1. DGP and BJP MP B P Singhal examines “The sting and the truth about Gujarat” including this Aaj Tak faux pas: It was therefore truly shocking that on 25.8.2007, Aaj Tak harped on...
Jamia Nagar: A dangerous cocktail…
…of vote-bank politics, breakdown in law and order, land mafias and alienated ghettoes. Please read on… I received this email about the Jamia Nagar encounter last weekend. It is from Shri Anant Trivedi. Sh Trivedi is...
Excerpts from “Art of War”
Excerpts from a review of Arun Shourie’s “Are we deceiving ourselves again?” by Brahma Chellaney: …having forsaken the Kautilyan principles, has proven no match to China’s Sun Tzu-style statecraft. From Nehru’s grudging acceptance of...
Alaskonomics and Bihar – Part I
I chanced upon this article in the latest issue of TIME magazine. It has some very interesting data about taxes and spending in Alaska. After about an hour of google search today, I found...
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