Cover Story Bungling alongV. SRIDHARA year after demonetisation, agriculture lies in a shambles and small businesses have been ruined. Now, with the introduction of the ill-designed GST
Interview: Thomas Franco, AIBOC A fatigued systemV. SRIDHARInterview with Thomas Franco, general secretary, AIBOC.
Economic policy Compounding a crisisV. SRIDHARIn the hands of the Narendra Modi government, economic policy has been reduced to disaster management following the wreckage caused by GST and demonet
Interview: K. Balakesari 'Viable bullet train is an oxymoron'V. SRIDHARInterview with K. Balakesari, former Member (Staff), Railway Board.
Global experience Chinese lessonsV. SRIDHARThe way in which China has leveraged investments in its overall rail infrastructure, and not just in high-speed travel, to promote wider socio-economi
Cover Story The nowhere trainV. SRIDHARIndia’s first High Speed Rail scheme is a vanity project that diverts scarce resources from the needs of a national network that is in a state of utte
Demonetisation Spinning a webV. SRIDHARThe RBI’s report reveals that demonetisation may have fatally damaged the Indian currency system, with more trouble in store.
Corporate Affairs The helmsman returnsV. SRIDHARNandan Nilekani’s homecoming opens a new chapter in the Infosys journey.
Planning Abandoning the social compactV. SRIDHARThe Planning Commission has been replaced by NITI Aayog, a pale shadow of it. Probity in economic policy and the pursuit of equity are the prime casua
Air India Bowing to privatisationV. SRIDHARThe move to privatise Air India comes after years of deliberate neglect by the government and a series of measures taken over two decades to systemati
GST Taxing timesV. SRIDHARThe launch of the Goods and Services Tax amidst great fanfare, but without adequate preparation, marks a continuum with demonetisation and threatens t
Interview: Samir Sinha Tipping pointV. SRIDHARInterview with Samir Sinha, founder, Robonomics AI, Sydney, Australia.
Behemoth studios in the era of pan-Indian films Yash Raj Films used to set trends, not follow them. Can it turn the tide?
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
