The future according to a professional pessimist

A pause in India’s information revolution

What it enables by way of e-commerce must not be overshadowed by the dangers it exposes people to

In praise of risk

India’s economy is in crisis and there exist ways to address it. But it looks as if little will happen until a new government takes office

Political parties that fail to work out the relevance of the economy and its impact on youth aspirations are doomed

Every day, the labs find new substances to dodge existing dope tests. Can WADA do any better than playing catch-up?

Will cash transfer under UID be the Congress’ vote-catcher for 2014 as NREGA was in 2009?

Between his first term as Finance Minister in the early 90s, when Manmohan Singh ushered in economic reforms, and his second term now, India has changed dramatically. But Manmohan Singh in 2012 is a different man, with a different boss and political circumstances. There are powerful reasons though why he must push key reforms

A review of Pranab Mukherjee as finance minister

CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…