Opinions and Editorials

RBI has now made it amply clear that it is more worried about inflation than growth in the months ahead.

Last week, memory lane in India got snarled up by appraisals of the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, on the 25th anniversary of her assassination.

India's economic growth is contingent upon the growth of the Indian steel industry. The per capita consumption of steel in India, around 46 kg, is well below the world average of 150 kg and the developed country average of 400 kg. It is important that the steel industry in India is prepared to meet the growing demand, projected to rise to 200 million tonne by 2015.

Turkish delight The much-hyped meeting between Pakistan President Asif Zardari and chief opponent Nawaz Sharif at a reception for the visiting Turkish PM was the talk of the Pakistani press.

Capitalism is evil. That's the central message of Michael Moore's latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, now showing in the US. It is evil because it is a source of injustice and because it corrupts politics to further its ends.

Compared with almost any other industry in India, banking is ridden with anti-competitive policy. It is essentially impossible to start a new bank, foreign banks are prohibited from competing in India, and existing banks have to take permissions to open branches.

If any evidence was ever needed to substantiate the claim that we are still at a very nascent stage of recovery, one needn't go any further than examining the latest core sector data.

The automobile industry in India will likely show a new high when the numbers for October are released for public consumption.

If you are young and are burning with an idea for a new business, think again. If you don't come from a business family, not endowed with family wealth, or lack political backing, it is a near impossible preposition to set up a new business in our country.

The most striking move by Indira Gandhi, before the declaration of the emergency, was a mid-night ordinance in July 1969. At one stroke, the ordinance gave the government control over a big chunk of the savings of the Indian people.

A column on Indira Gandhi on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her assassination must begin by paying sincere homage to her, even though for this entire period I was mostly her critic.

There is a famous observation by Sherlock Holmes in one of his cases about the dog that did not bark.

As a dutiful daughter-in-law, Sonia Gandhi always remembers the late Mrs Gandhi on her death anniversary.

In this Idea Exchange moderated by Senior Editor, Media, Archna Shukla, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni spoke about regulating the broadcast sector, the growing number of channels, the Emergency and Indira Gandhi.

I've often visited India, accompanying CEOs of Western clients who want to understand the Indian market climate.

Former foreign secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, a seasoned China hand, has been acting as unofficial adviser to the Government on Sino-Indian relations.

I've often visited India accompanying different Western client CEOs who want to understand the Indian market climate.

When Indira Gandhi returned to power in 1980 — in the election that marked her political rehabilitation after the Emergency — she won both seats she had contested.

It takes a minute or so to work out why the advertisements issued by the government on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of Indira Gandhi's passing have the 'r' in Indira in white and the rest of the letters in green.

Mao TV. Actually, MoU TV. For days now, news TV has been bringing to us long conversations on Maoists with important people who have asked us to understand or admit that memoranda of understanding (MoU) on exploiting natural resources between the Indian state and domestic/foreign companies are the reason the state is waging a "war".