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The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | It's time for a retirement age for India's...

The nearness of the end of life, in effect, makes the leader, however powerful he or she might seem, a lame duck leader.

25 Sept 2023 6:42 PM

Road leading to the historic Charminar wear as deserted look during the lockdown in wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Hyderabad. PTI Photo

Mohan Guruswamy | Fighting for the soul of India, from Hyderabad

The day, September 17, is significant in Hyderabad as it is the day generally celebrated as Integration Day.

15 Sept 2023 6:35 PM

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan says that US-China conflict to impair global trade which is vital for Indias re-opening. (PTI Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Who'll be awarded the next Nobel Prize in Economics?

The calibre of Indian economics faculties is much to be desired and in our hothouses only mediocrity breeds.

28 Aug 2023 6:35 PM

In 1999 the Government of India issued a draft National Policy on Tribals to address the development needs of tribal people. Special emphasis was laid on education, forestry, healthcare, languages, resettlement and land rights. (Representational Image: AA)

Mohan Guruswamy | Adivasis, the first Indians, cheated by...

The migration of outsiders into the traditional Adivasi homelands continues unabated

22 Aug 2023 6:30 PM

The national flag is seen in the foreground as Rapid Action force (RAF) and Karnataka police personnel patrol on the disputed Idgah Maidan, on the eve of 76th Independence Day, at Chamrajpet area in Bengaluru, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | How have we done so far, after 75 years of freedom?

How did we do in these 75 years of Independence?

13 Aug 2023 6:35 PM

A pedestrian walks on a bridge above vehicle traffic in New Delhi, as the city is enveloped under thick smog. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Mohan Guruswamy | Un-crowding India's capital and decentralising of...

Dispersing offices across the nation will not only decongest Delhi, but will also become economic drivers that will...

24 July 2023 6:32 PM

Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes on

Mohan Guruswamy | The myth of Magna Carta: The struggle still goes on

It is from the Magna Carta that the English writ of habeas corpus evolved.

10 July 2023 6:40 PM

Not counting the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just begun his innings, Karnataka has handed the BJP its worst electoral drubbing in Mr Modis nine years in power, when he has presided over not just the Union government but also over his partys fate, bending it to his every wish. (Photo: PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | The Need For A Common And Secular Civil Code

All personal laws in India are misogynistic and medieval.

3 July 2023 6:35 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), at White House in Washington, Friday, June 23, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | The Narendra Modi style of governing a complex...

The PM is number one and the organisation is flat after that

26 Jun 2023 6:35 PM

Before Gogra, Indian and Chinese troops had disengaged from Galwan Valley and Pangong Tso in Ladakh. Representational image/PTI

Mohan Guruswamy | India-China LAC: Is give & take possible after...

In the Galwan Valley, China's People's Liberation Army found an unguarded but very strategic spot on the LAC and...

12 Jun 2023 6:35 PM

Members in the Lok Sabha during Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | Let's move from unitary state to Union of States

The delimitation exercise now underway will reduce the weightage in Parliament of the states that did better

5 Jun 2023 6:35 PM

On September 8, 1962, units of Chinas Peoples Liberation Army had surrounded a small Indian Army post at Tsenjang on the northern bank of the Namka Chu stream just below the disputed Thagla ridge at the India-Bhutan-Tibet trijunction. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | China & Arunachal: Learn from history, experience

At the crux of this issue is the larger question of the national identities of the two nations and when and how they...

31 May 2023 7:24 PM