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Raghav's Take
Will India Do Better Or Worse Under ‘Centrists’ Biden & Harris?
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) nominated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the November elect...
Budget 2020: Despite ‘Fixing’, ESOP Remains A Much-Abused Acronym
India taxes ESOPs, ie employees stock options, harshly, very harshly. Let me give you a quick history...
Budget 2020: Don’t Give Tax & Fiscal Cuts — Just Give Us ‘TRUST’
It’s a familiar cacophony. Cut taxes. Invert the inverted duty structure. Control the fiscal deficit....
Terrific Reforms, But Beware of ‘BABU-JAAL’ — Bureaucratic Cobwebs
For over five years, I’ve criticised ‘state creep’ on Prime Minister Modi’s watch. This tendency hit ...
Let’s Not Waste a Good Maharashtra Political Crisis
The Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress coalition in Maharashtra is perhaps the second most ‘unthinkable’ pol...
Dear PM Modi: Crack This Quiz & Fix the Economy
India’s economy today can be described by a four-letter word. Oh c’mon, it’s not what you are thinkin...
Soaring Markets & Slowdown Caused by Lingering Confusion in Policy
Coal output crashes by over 20 percent. Overall, eight core sectors lose a stunning 5.2 percent year-...
Why I Call Maha, Haryana Polls ‘Juggernaut-Stoppers’: 6 Takeaways
I know that adjectives like “milestone”, “game changer” and “watershed” are frequently used after pol...
PMC Scam: Shameful to Promise Just Rs 1 Lakh Insurance to Victims
The PMC Bank scam was more audacious than any Bonnie and Clyde heist. A high-living father-son duo, R...
Dear FM, Here Are 3 Tax Cuts the Common People Would Welcome More
Finally. Finally! The Modi government has acknowledged the futility of trying to pump prime India’s G...
India’s Best Post-Brexit Bet is the “Zombie” Commonwealth!
As tensions mount in sadda , aapro , aamchi (ie, “our” in what the Brits would have once called “thre...
RIP Dear Arun Jaitley Ji, My Tribute to an Exceptional Schoolmate
Raghav Bahl pays tribute to former finance minister Arun Jaitley, recalling his meetings with his exc...
A Navratri (Nine-Point) Economic Re-Boot for a ‘Puritan’ Modi
In Prime Minister Modi’s unexpected, stirring commendation of “wealth creators” – most tellingly, by ...
What I Wish PM Modi Had Said But Didn’t In Independence Day Speech
Main jaanta hoon ki aaj desh ek aarthik mandhi main hai; lekin main 130 crore desh vaasiyon ko yeh vi...
The Diary of An Unfortunate Indian Entrepreneur
As always, the strapping 40-year-old swept into his corner room in a Gift City high-rise with the pra...
Measuring Modi-Shah’s Kashmir Gamble on Mandate, Method & Morality
11:15 am, 5 August 2019. I stood stunned and immersed in a time-lapse video as Home Minister Amit Sha...
India Should Muster the Nerve to Go Ahead & Launch Sovereign Bonds
India’s forex reserves are nearly $430 bn and growing. If we can’t muster the stomach to raise $10 bi...
Maulana Azad, the ‘Default’ Political Visionary of Elections 2019
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad made a default entry in India’s savagely polarised polls of 2019\. Because the...
Did Modi Use Akshay Kumar to Neutralise Political Frankenstein(s)?
I am still reeling from Prime Minister Modi’s iconic, monumental (no, HE is not going to be happy with...
Dear PM Modi, Take a Trip From Wayanad to Rampur Via Chicago
Why is Prime Minister Narendra Modi castigating Rahul Gandhi for “running away from majority-dominated...
