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Recent posts:

The big deal in Tokyo
| 14th Nov 2016

President Trump. What now for India?
| 9th Nov 2016

New currency notes for old
| 8th Nov 2016

What lies to the right of centre in India?
| 30th Oct 2016

On public consultations and online polls
| 25th Oct 2016

Manila on the Chinese bandwagon
| 20th Oct 2016

Time to abandon BRICS
| 17th Oct 2016

ISI’s change of course and other stories
| 6th Oct 2016

The reaction from the other side
| 3rd Oct 2016

What to make of India’s surgical strike?
| 29th Sep 2016

The Great American Election. Yawn.
| 28th Sep 2016

Leave the Indus treaty alone
| 26th Sep 2016

On Kaveri
| 24th Sep 2016

Foreign policy and social media jingoism
| 24th Sep 2016

Three thoughts on Independence Day
| 14th Aug 2016

The digital sarkar must play by constitutional rules
The government must not use its media dominance in unconstitutional and undemocratic ways. | 9th Aug 2016

New narratives of economic inequality
Thomas Piketty’s collection of columns does not have quite the impact of his bestselling Capital, but does pick up speed in the latter half when he leaves the European Union | 16th Jul 2016

On regulating geospatial information
| 6th May 2016

Why the Modi government must ignore Pakistan
| 7th Apr 2016

In support of a liberal nationalism
Nationalism without liberalism is a monster. The way to manage tensions is not to give up one for the other, as the left and the right wing demand of us, but to insist on both. | 23rd Feb 2016

Defending the Indian diaspora
New Delhi ought to review the risks to its diaspora populations and create the capacity to act in their interests should the need arise — without offending foreign governments, of course. | 4th Feb 2016

Three thoughts for the Republic
| 26th Jan 2016

On Hollande’s mind
| 24th Jan 2016



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