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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
    The Indian Army has said agressive local incidents on the Line of Actual Control are resolved through local meetings ofOpinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Are India and China going to be rivals for all time?

    The short answer to whether India and China will always be rivals is a resounding “yes”. But rivals need not...

    6 Dec 2022 12:00 AM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | The 1962 India-China war: In dubious battle

    I was in school in 1962, but the events of September, October and November are still etched in my mind. They still tell...

    22 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | Desis in America: How some think and behave

    The sheer crudity of the NRI “bulldozer” rally in the armpit town of Edison, New Jersey, reminded me of...

    19 Oct 2022 12:08 AM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | Only small states will be able to save the republic

    The creation of Telangana, almost 60 years after the people of the region voiced their misgivings about being co-opted...

    11 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

    Cover page of the Calligraphic copy of the Constitution of India in English released on the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Republic of India in Central Hall of Parliament House on January 27, 2000 (Photo credit: Department of Justice, Governemnt of India)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Towards a common civil & secular code for India

    The cornerstone of a democratic society is equality. Without equality, there can be no justice, just as without justice...

    21 Sept 2022 1:48 AM IST

    The Dera Sacha Sauda of Ram Rahim Singh has been a cult that was much in the news. (Representatioanl Image/AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | The challenge of the cults: Can we overcome them?

    Way back in 1843 Karl Marx in an introduction to a book that criticised Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of the...

    6 Sept 2022 12:06 AM IST

    The roots of our problem with China go back a few hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July 1807 (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | How India got saddled with Aksai Chin mess

    The roots of our problem with China go back a few hundred years when Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander met in July...

    23 Aug 2022 12:08 AM IST

    A file photo of Red Fort. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | How did we do in 75 years? Clearly, better than...

    If India were to be horizontally sliced by income, it can be said to be three overlaid countries

    18 Aug 2022 11:20 PM IST

    The United States and some other countries have a whole array of space satellites orbiting at preselected trajectories to watch over their areas of interest. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Beware world! Big Brother is listening and...

    On July 31, Osama bin Laden’s successor as the global head of Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, stepped out on to the...

    9 Aug 2022 12:07 AM IST

    Israeli ruthlessness was most evident in recent times by its retaliation on the Gaza Strip, horrific its ferocity and far exceeding any limits of justifiable and even acceptable retribution (Representational Image/AFP)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | Why State of Israel has lost its heroic sheen

    Israel acquired a heroic sheen from the manner it had created a nation for itself, after over two millennia of...

    2 Aug 2022 11:50 PM IST

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    Mohan Guruswamy | Brics’ real value: One step towards new world...

    While “Brics” has been a frequently occurring acronym in our discourse in recent years, not many seem to...

    27 July 2022 7:44 AM IST

    The grandiose Hambantota port project in Sri Lanka, which once had the same bunch of Indian strategic thinkers in a tizzy, hosts no ships and doesnt earn much. China is now pressuring Sri Lankans to service its debt and is seeking to extract some more in lieu of that. (Wikimedia)Opinion
    Mohan Guruswamy | China’s Belt and Road drive was just another...

    The 2008 US financial meltdown was a consequence of the sub-prime mortgage crisis which followed as a consequence of...

    18 July 2022 11:53 PM IST

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