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How to Jack Up Growth Rate

Bibek Debroy

What we need to do to jack up growth from 5.5 per cent to 7 per cent and more. A lot will depend on the states too

Of Love Jihad and Other Demons

Madhavankutty Pillai

All families upset at their daughter marrying without permission someone from another religion will find a handy tool to file police cases using the new law

Comment Is Free

Lhendup G Bhutia

The Canadian prime minister's remarks on the farmers’ agitation add to his record on gaffes

Back To Class

Lhendup G Bhutia

As schools reopen, India is grappling with the dilemma of just how to do it and whether it is even ethical

Doses of Hope

Pavan Srinath

The progress made on Covid vaccines in ten months looks like a mad dash for protection against the virus, but the development of vaccines remains a marathon

Bottled Up in Bihar

PR Ramesh

Nitish Kumar and the weaponisation of prohibition

Diego Maradona (1960-2020): God’s Player

Lhendup G Bhutia

A flawed genius whose flaws only add to his immortality

Ahmed Patel (1949-2020): Power Behind the Power

PR Ramesh

Patel was a lone ranger in a party known for its groupism. With his death, Sonia Gandhi has lost the golden bridge linking her family to the party. And it can get very lonely up there in a castle of melting wax