Review: Affairs In Currency

When I walk into Threesixty Degrees at the Oberoi, I ask Surjit Bhalla where he wants to sit - somewhere quiet, perhaps, since the restaurant is full and noisy? He doesn't care.Which is not surprising, because he's never had any trouble making himself heard in a crowd, whether intellectual or otherwise, writes Mihir S Sharma.Bhalla, who runs the investment firm Oxus and is an economic policy analyst who is frequently described as a contrarian, a maverick, or a genius, depending on who's ...

Surjit S. Bhalla writes at the India Express: As we all know, an economic disaster has struck India for the last three years. A halving of GDP growth, a doubling of inflation rates, a 20 per cent depreciation of the rupee, and record current account ...

Economist Surjit Bhalla argues that countries can boost growth if they keep their currencies undervalued email this article Subject line: Your Email: Send me a copy: Recipients Id: Type address separated by commas Enter the characters shown in the image. Send ...

Why is it that the mainstream media (MSM) displays, what can only be termed as pusillanimity bordering on the obsequious when it comes to Sonia Gandhi? is the question that bounces around inside my head quite often. Occasionally it lights up my ...

Patiala, May 6 : Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Jaspal Singh will release the first volume of the magnum opus, 'Peelay Pattar' (Yellow Leaves) to mark late poet Harbans Bhalla's 83rd birth anniversary tomorrow. The book will be released by the VC ...

Man-To-Man Marking Economy: The second UPA term has seen an unravelling, marked by 6-7% growth, persistent high food inflation, stalled projects, and a high current account deficit. With job growth still inadequate, the prevailing mood is sombre.

The above is the central thesis of a must-read Tehelka essay by Avalok Langer that demolishes the easy comfort of India's so-called "youth dividend." Where for decades, we have worried about illiteracy, we now have to wrestle with a new crisis in ...

Our Correspondent Banur, April 11 The Banur police has seized over 130 kg of poppy husk during at a check-point on today morning. The police stopped a car and searched it during a police naka on the Ambala-Banur road near Dharmgarh village and found ...

In an interview to Economic Times, the very first question that Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy confronts is: "What are your views on Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi"?Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. PTI Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.