Sharad Pawar and the politics of sugar!

India is the largest consumer of sugar on planet earth but it is only the second biggest producer of sugar after Brazil. This means that any significant drop in domestic production could send the price of sugar way up not only in India but worldwide. That is exactly what has happened during the last 12 [...]

Enlisting Nandan Nilekani should only be the first step…

There is no excuse left for the Government of India not to do what it needs to do. Dr Manmohan Singh is no Indira Gandhi; he has a very fine brain. Sonia Gandhi is no Indira Gandhi; she lets others use their brain. Rahul Gandhi is no Indira Gandhi either, he actually uses his brains. [...]

The evolution of India’s foreign policy – Part XII

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was perceived by Indian voters as a strong and decisive leader in 1998-99. His 13 month long second term plus 6 months as ‘care-taker prime minister’ convinced the people that the country would be safer in his hands. General Elections were held in India from September 5 to October 3, [...]

South Africa is an excellent choice for IPL-2

The BCCI decision to move the IPL tournament to South Africa is prudent and in many ways path breaking. Cricket is like a religion in India. People are not only passionate about the game, they worship our cricket icons. Taking any chances with their security would have been irresponsible for the Board of Control for [...]

Failure is not a crime, deceiving is!

Corporate India has not shown the kind of ‘white collar crime’ that Ramalinga Raju of Satyam Computers appears to have committed since the 1960s. It was in late 1950s that a smooth talking gentleman from Andhra Pradesh called Jayanti Dharma Teja, better known as Dr Teja, turned up in Delhi to charm the then Prime [...]

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