governance, political economy, institutional development and economic regulation
Indians are born believing in God but get initiated into inclusion and growth. Conversely, Westerners are born believing in inclusion and growth but end up becoming devotees of God on reaching India. This illustrates how the two beliefs converge if citizens have the freedom to choose. Can the devotion that God inspires be evoked […]
Read More God and Inclusive GrowthBy offering soft, warm, paranthas to Kejriwal to call off the AAP dharna, Jung, the new Lt. Governor of Delhi, has not only raised the culinary standards for political parleys but acted in a manner aligned to the high office he holds. In sharp contrast is the behavior of the Government of India’s Ministry of […]
Read More Najeeb Jung shinesKejriwal sleeping on the freezing ground by his Wagon R looks defenseless as a baby in the cold rain. But in his weakness lies his strength. He is the first Chief Minister to stage a dharna against the State. What does it is say of a State when a Chief Minister has to break the […]
Read More Kejriwal: triumphant in defeatIts final now. Kejriwal said as much to Rajdeep on IBN-CNN yesterday that he will be moving on to national level politics in 2014. This is the right decision. Kejriwal is and will always be best at social mobilization. He is not a politician and would be wasted as one. The quiet Delhi social revolution […]
Read More Mother Kejriwal embraces Indian aamDelhi chatterati has it’s knickers in a twist over the “outrageous” behaviour of two AAP ministers; Rakhi Birla and Somnath Bharti who wanted the police to take direct action last night against respectively (1) in-laws suspected to have burnt their daughter-in-law and (2) foreign drug peddlers. Bharat has at last met India and the […]
Read More Bharat meets India via AAPThe Left has the best track record with respect to controlling corruption, followed by the BJP, with the Congress in the rear. Apologists of the Congress would be quick to assert that often corruption is part and parcel of rapid growth. They are right. China, Indonesia and Malaysia are good examples where rapid growth over […]
Read More Corruption Red Flags and the Original SinDr. Manmohan Singh effectively bid goodbye today; declaring that he is not a candidate for being PM in 2014; expectedly, extolling the virtues of Rahul and somewhat unexpectedly, unleashing a personal attack against Modi, asserting that he would make a “disastrous” PM. Dr. Singh’s key virtue, as PM, was his personal honesty, in a polity […]
Read More Dr. Manmohan Singh: Down but not out
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