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By Ajit Ranade |
Why do people repay a loan? Firstly, because they are bound by a loan contract to repay. If they break the contract,…
By Ajit Ranade |
This is the first time in India’s history that we are experiencing a steep recession without any adverse shock of…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The overwhelming feeling that comes to mind about the manner in which the Uttar Pradesh administration has handled the…
By Ganesh N Devy |
The contempt of court case against the Tamil actor Suriya (which was fortunately and wisely dropped by the Madras High…
By T Jacob John |
Across India, about 1.5 million schools were shut as part of the nation-wide lockdown, affecting 247 million children,…
By Ajit Ranade |
The economy shrank by nearly one fourth during the first three months of this fiscal year. Much of this was due to the…
By Ajit Ranade |
The past week has been dominated by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remark alluding to an “act of God”. She was…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The statement by the father of Rhea Chakraborty reflects the pain and the discomfort many might feel at the manner in…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
In a course on journalism that I taught years ago, one exercise I often asked was for the class to roam around Mumbai’s…
By Ajit Ranade |
In the run up to the 2012 presidential elections in the United States, the Guardian newspaper published a story of how…
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More than a 100 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi exhorted us not to be mesmerised by modernity. The COVID-19 pandemic in many…
By Haresh Jagtiani |
The Indian Supreme Court to hold that the two tweets of Prashant Bhushan have brought that institution into disrepute…
By Rupa Rege Nitsure |
Acharya’s propositions strongly reflect the tumultuous period (2017 to 2019) for the Indian financial sector when he…
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Death happens to everyone; but except in about 10% people where death comes suddenly, it happens with a slowly…
By Ranjit K Pattnaik |
The monetary policy and associated statements and documents announced on Thursday (Aug. 06) unfold uncertainties that…