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By Ajit Ranade |
It is better to regulate the trading of crypto currencies, to keep track of the digital trail and perhaps garner some…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The repeal of the three farm bills is in the headlines. A little beneath the surface and reportedly all set for the…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Many governments in free India have reached their low point as a result of communal violence. Riots begin small but…
By Ajit Ranade |
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the day demonetisation was sprung on the nation at merely four hours’ notice.…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Shah Rukh Khan once said: “First get rich, then become a philosopher.” It’s now time for him to look up to Balraj Sahni…
By Ajit Ranade |
Profits are rising because of higher demand, and higher prices being commanded. This is true for companies across…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The overriding of legitimate claims and demands in the name of a great nation waiting to happen signals not progress…
By Ajit Ranade |
The Pandora Papers raise a lot of issues that need serious introspection. However, one hopes that like the Panama and…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
Punjab has been a fiasco for the Congress. But it comes alongside one of the better things that has happened in recent…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
To an angry questioner on social media, who asked why has this celebrated Hindi film star endorsed as undesirable a…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
After a firestorm over the article in the RSS-aligned Panchjanya magazine that called Infosys anti-national, the RSS…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The developments in Afghanistan send out many complex messages but the one that is not in doubt is that an endless…
By Ajit Ranade |
India’s 74 years of existence as a sovereign independent nation is a minor miracle. At its birth, not many outside…
By Sudarshan Iyengar, Jagdish Rattanani |
The growing influence of large and powerful business conglomerates continue to raise concerns, not only in India but…
By Tushar Gandhi |
To convert a shrine of our independence movement and the life of the couple who lived there into a tourist plaza, an…