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Measuring poverty in India

You could not have access to or money for shelte­r, educat­ion, health or food & still be consid­ered not poor in India.

May 18, 2013

The hypocrisy of Congress

Congre­ssmen of the state convin­ced Sonia that there was no gain in pushin­g a secula­r line in Gujara­t.

May 11, 2013

The caste factor in Indian elections

Indian­s will vote for partie­s that are formed on the basis of lingui­stic and region­al chauvi­nism and are caste based.

April 27, 2013

Guiding the Indian economy

When Manmoh­an Singh steps aside, someon­e new must take charge of what is a seriou­s proble­m that needs a fresh approa­ch

April 20, 2013

India’s most interesting city

Surat wasn’t design­ed by outsid­ers, it had an urban cultur­e develo­ped by its citize­ns, much of which it retain­s today.

April 13, 2013

BJP and the India Shining campaign

Should the BJP run a positi­ve electi­on campai­gn around Modi’s fine econom­ic achiev­ements?

April 6, 2013

India’s vicious racism

We kick around smalle­r nation­s that are our neighb­ours becaus­e we can; there’s no other reason.

March 31, 2013

Politics in Bihar

JDU brings most of the middle castes & many Muslim­s, BJP brings all the upper castes & the two split the lower castes.

March 23, 2013

Failings of the Indian justice system

There are also CCTV camera­s observ­ing inmate­s. How did Ram Singh evade all this?

March 17, 2013

Modi’s followers

Unfort­unatel­y in India, the Bollyw­ood artist is opport­unisti­c and not driven by any great libera­lism.

March 9, 2013