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Former Indian Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi. Pic: AP.

India: The Trivedi balance sheet – who gains, who loses

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Mar 20, 2012 3:25AM UTC View Comments

A week is a long time in politics, thus said British Premier Harold Wilson. It is particularly long when leaders weigh options, make new friends and prepare for strange bedfellows. Every minute becomes agonisingly long in times of coalitions – especially when the disparate lot of regional parties and smaller groups account for nearly 220...

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Death of reform in India: UPA has no right to simply give up

By Bala Murali Krishna Sun, Mar 18, 2012 9:32PM UTC View Comments

First there was poor governance. Now there is, shall we say, the death of reform. That has been the story of Manmohan Singh’s UPA-2. The budget, presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday, reinforces the latter point about reform and has been slammed by all and sundry. Parties have called it “anti-poor” and “status...

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Can James Bond resurrect Indian Railways?

By Sriram Vadlamani Tue, Sep 06, 2011 8:45PM UTC View Comments

Life works in mysterious ways. I wasn’t surprised that Mayawati sends a chopper to Mumbai to get her sandals. I wasn’t even surprised that Mayawati has chosen to shoot the messenger and called WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange deranged after a cable branded her a “paranoid dictator”. These things happen in India and we get used...

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