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Mohan Guruswamy
About the AuthorMohan Guruswamy
The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy
    Threat to turn off water to Pakistan is unworkableOpinion
    Threat to turn off water to Pakistan is unworkable

    PM Modi rode to power promising to deter Pakistani-origin terrorism in India by threatening retribution, and is now hard...

    21 Oct 2019 1:32 AM IST

    Eco Nobel: From philosophical to pragmaticOpinion
    Eco Nobel: From philosophical to pragmatic

    The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was instituted in 1968 by the Swedish central...

    16 Oct 2019 7:41 AM IST

    Act swiftly now, or allow India to go up in smoke!Opinion
    Act swiftly now, or allow India to go up in smoke!

    Tobacco farming makes a huge footprint on our agriculture and now accounts for 4,95,000 hectares of the most fertile...

    11 Oct 2019 12:18 AM IST

    On finding a democratic alternative to the RSSOpinion
    On finding a democratic alternative to the RSS

    The Congress Party leadership resolved that it would create a new Congress Seva Dal to replicate the RSS’ booth level...

    18 Sept 2019 7:42 AM IST

    Conversion: The next frontier for Modi govt?Opinion
    Conversion: The next frontier for Modi govt?

    The acceptance of democracy as a way of life implies that we have accepted that we hold certain rights to be...

    9 Sept 2019 12:11 AM IST

    The truth about us Indians: Who are we, and whyOpinion
    The truth about us Indians: Who are we, and why

    The only indigenous people in India are the Adivasis, who Nihar Ranjan Ray had described as ‘the original...

    23 Aug 2019 7:56 AM IST

    Will a CDS mean the end of inter-service wars?Opinion
    Will a CDS mean the end of inter-service wars?

    It would suffice to say that every major military power in the world has a combined defence organisation.

    19 Aug 2019 12:22 AM IST

    What the economy needs nowOpinion
    What the economy needs now

    There are in all 14 prescriptions, and each one of them is by a shining star of India’s economic and policy firmament.

    14 Aug 2019 4:01 AM IST

    J&K’s bifurcation: A huge step backwardsOpinion
    J&K’s bifurcation: A huge step backwards

    One thing is almost certain. India will have very few now batting for it in the Kashmir Valley, and the Muslim dominated...

    6 Aug 2019 2:37 AM IST

    S Jaipal Reddy (1942-2019): Remembering a friend and mentorOpinion
    S Jaipal Reddy (1942-2019): Remembering a friend and mentor

    When Indira Gandhi suspended democracy with the 1975 Emergency, it was the green light for him to openly oppose her.

    29 July 2019 12:09 AM IST

    Naga crisis: Modiji, where’s the ‘creative solution’?Opinion
    Naga crisis: Modiji, where’s the ‘creative solution’?

    There are 35 Naga tribes, of which only 16 live in Nagaland state.

    24 July 2019 4:28 AM IST

    Improve bureaucracy at level closest to peopleOpinion
    Improve bureaucracy at level closest to people

    The nerve ends of our public administration don’t reach down to the millions of villages and also localities of urban...

    15 July 2019 12:41 AM IST

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