T N Ninan: Time to tighten up

It is remarkable how quickly the defence narrative has changed, from that of a country busy re-equipping its armed forces - and getting the moniker of being the world's largest arms importer - to one whose navy operates with death-trap submarines, ...

If P Chidambaram's Budget speech was an hour-long attempt at presenting his government's and his own record in a good light - as he is perfectly entitled to do - such a "marketing" effort invites the recounting of an alternative retelling of the ...

In the next 100 days, a fierce contest will take place to determine who forms the next government. The contest will take place at many levels, including in the world of ideas. The country has a massive stake in good ideas winning over bad ones. It ...

This refers to T N Ninan's column "An Economic Manifesto" (Weekend Ruminations, February 8). The manifesto provides all the points that are necessary for achieving economic freedom for the citizens. Political freedom without economic freedom is meaningless in ...

History may or may not be kinder to Manmohan Singh than his current interlocutors in the media and critics among politicians. But one thing seems for sure: statisticians have been unkind to him and his record. If it is indeed true, as stray ...

P Chidambaram is quoted as saying in Davos that "As long as the public sector is competitive and run on commercial terms, there is no reason to take state enterprises apart." So let's look at banks. India has 24 listed government-owned banks - State ...

Such is the general preoccupation with domestic issues, economic and political, that even business people are mostly unaware of how much the rest of the world's (especially American) perceptions of India have changed in the last couple of years - in ...

As the election season approaches, bad ideas seem to gain currency. Perhaps there ought to be a Raspberry Award at every election, for the idea that merits the greatest derision (the award is given by everyone making the rude noise that is described ...

Let's give credit where it is due. Over the last six months, the managers of the economy have converted a system in near-crisis into one of the safer places in a battered "emerging markets" grouping. Remember that India was seen last summer as one ...