Tag: Mohan Guruswamy
What ails India’s Democracy? – MOHAN GURUSWAMY
We in India have Equality in the sense implied in a Democracy. We have periodic free and fair elections – at least reasonably free...
How rise in inequality distorts Indian society – MOHAN GURUSWAMY
“The nature of the institutions determines outcomes, not the means of production or processes”
In 2013 the French economist Thomas Piketty released “Capital in the...
Democracy is dead. Long live democracy! – MOHAN GURUSWAMY
The Bihar elections once again brings to the fore the quality of the democratic debate in the country. Bihar often prides itself as the...
What’s wrong about thinking communally?
— MOHAN GURUSWAMY —
During the 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign, Shazia Ilmi (now in the BJP, where she is no doubt still thinking communally)...
The 8th Pay Commission: More peanuts for the monkeys?
— MOHAN GURUSWAMY —
The composition of the 8th Pay Commission has been announced. It will be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash...
Economics Nobel: Women at the top – MOHAN GURUSWAMY
When Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 I was asked by Prime Minister AB Vajpayee for a briefing on...
91st Amendment: Trimming Cabinets for Effectiveness – MOHAN GURUSWAMY
On July 7, 2004 the 91st amendment to the Constitution took effect. That just meant from that day on the size of the Councils...
Pakistan is not an irrational player – MOHAN GURUSWAMY
In ‘Nuclear War in South Asia. How will it play out?’ the author the late Brig.(retd.) Gurmeet Kanwal discusses nuclear options should Pakistan reach...
Leaders: Born to Lead or Made for Leading? – MOHAN GURUSWAMY
From bees to dolphins to elephants, many wild animals live in cooperative groups ruled by a single leader. And, as is the case in...
BHAGAT SINGH – Mohan Guruswamy
Bhagat Singh was 23 years old when he was hanged by the British. Jawaharlal Nehru then said of him: "Bhagat Singh did not become...
