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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
    People lined up outside an ATM to withdraw 100 rupees notes and deposite 500 & 1000 rupees notes in Chennai on Tuesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced demonetization of Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes with effect from midnight. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    How Modi played his trump card

    The Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes account for seven per cent and 17.4 per cent respectively of the currency in circulation.

    10 Nov 2016 1:33 AM IST

    Donald TrumpOpinion
    Why are American desis celebrating Trump?

    Clearly the only thing that endears Mr Trump to this lot is that he has come out vocally against all Muslims.

    19 Oct 2016 12:44 AM IST

    The writers father (standing third from left) who joined the Hyderabad Revenue Service in the early 1930s had to perforce wear a sherwani and fez for all official functions. (Photo: File photo)Opinion
    Celebrating a long gone Hyderabad

    Hyderabad recently celebrated the 425th anniversary of its inception.

    18 Oct 2016 2:58 AM IST

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Modi, Xi & the future

    The world can't depend on Western demand and consumption, financed by printing more money.

    15 Oct 2016 12:52 AM IST

    18 Indian Army soldiers died and more than a dozen injured in a fidayeen attack in an Army base camp in Uri. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Consider Pak's redlines rationally

    Pakistan's redlines will be crossed only when we inflict big losses.

    10 Oct 2016 12:30 AM IST

    Lok Janshakti Party activists protest against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Bollywood actor Om Puri over their remarks on Indian Armys surgical strikes along LoC, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Why Army's LoC raids aren't surgical strikes'

    Banners put up by RSS volunteers across UP with quotes from the Army Chief and with PM Modi's picture.

    6 Oct 2016 2:40 AM IST

    The ultimatum: The MNS has specifically targeted artistes like (top) Fawad Khan (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil) and Mahira Khan (right) acting opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Raees (top right) to leave immediatelySunday Chronicle
    The Bollywood that shaped India

    The call for banishing all Pakistani artistes from the indian film industry goes against the very ethos of the Bollywood...

    2 Oct 2016 12:00 AM IST

    An ariel view of Indus river flowing through Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Water flow can't be stopped

    Based on current projections, the Indus river system is expected to fall below 2,000 flow levels between 2030 and 2050.

    30 Sept 2016 12:48 AM IST

    An ariel view of Indus river flowing through Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Indus: The water flow can't be stopped

    Not only is Pakistan running out of water, it seems it will soon be running out of time.

    29 Sept 2016 1:04 AM IST

    The home ministry had issued the order in 1966 making it mandatory for all new recruits to give a declaration that he is not a member of either the RSS or the Jamaat-e-Islami.Opinion
    RSS & demographics: A reality check

    The RSS and the BJP have tried to stoke fears about Hindus being swamped by Muslims.

    24 Aug 2016 12:38 AM IST

    Masked Kashmiri throw stones at policemen during a protest after funeral of Riyaz Ahmad Shah, a civilian killed during protests in Srinagar. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    J&K: Time to break the fiction

    J&K is an artificial and recent construct.

    16 Aug 2016 1:23 AM IST

    GST will be a game-changer, and one of the most revolutionary and transparent tax reforms in India since Independence, or at least since the 1991 reforms.Opinion
    GST goes to the states: More battles lie ahead

    Now the GST Bill has to do the ashwamedha.

    9 Aug 2016 12:20 AM IST

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