It’s amazing how one can change one’s lifestyle virtually overnight, when faced with a huge health challenge. Around three and a half months ago, my chest was cut open and…
A lot of ‘free aid’ is being provided to underdeveloped countries. Is this aid even sustainable let alone being a pathway to a developed economy? By Luis Miranda I recently…
He is a dot connector, he can make his point with the correct examples balanced with humour. If put him in a spot, he will make it a comfortable one. He leaves his mark on your mind, certainly has left…
All states place restrictions on who can buy farmland. India’s low score on the protection of property rights harms farmers. On 21 March, the Swatantra Bharat Party released the Supreme Court Committee…
Last weekend, I joined my wife and mother-in-law in Delhi for the Golden Jubilee Bogra Day celebrations, commemorating one of the fiercest battles of the 1971 War with Pakistan and,…
Many people assume that people work for the greater glory of the common good. And, therefore, politicians will work for the benefit of society. Businessmen will work for the benefit…
July 24. 1991. Exactly 30 years ago, Finance Minister Manmohan Singh presented his path-breaking budget. I had returned to India just a little under two years before that and was…
The pandemic brought home the harsh reality to a lot of us that we are human and need to plan ahead for unknowns. Yes, I know you are unlikely to…
In this interview, Shivaji Bagchi and Siddharth Poddar speak with Luis Miranda, the chairman of the Centre for Civil Society, about the pressures faced by civil society with the emergence…