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Opinion

From jugaad to jhakaas

There Are moments in history when a nation’s progress stops being incremental and becomes directional.

Peace without peace

The announcement of a framework agreement between the United States and Iran has understandably been greeted with relief.

The Long Victory

Modern society has an unhealthy relationship with medical progress. We crave miracles, celebrate breakthroughs and search for definitive cures.

Bengal’s Lost Youth

Light follows darkness. After the 15-year long TMC era ~ most certainly a dark period in the socio-economic and political history of Bengal, people are now hoping for rejuvenation of a state that has fallen beyond the depth of anarchy and despair.

Resilient but Uneven

At a time of political theatrics and economic brinkmanship, the American labour market continues to deliver an understated message: resilience. The June job numbers are a case in point.

The Third Economy~II

A comparison of the two sets of figures published yesterday reveals interesting features. While the USA is ahead of China in Nominal GDP, in terms of PPP, China has already outstripped the USA by a comfortable margin to become the number one economy of the world.

Tourism as a transformational force

There was a time when travel was all about checking boxes of how many places you could squeeze into an itinerary, or how many pictures you could take in front of famous monuments.

A New Frontline

India’s explicit endorsement of the Dalai Lama’s announcement on the naming of his own successor marks a turning point ~ not just in the spiritual saga of Tibetan Buddhism, but in the geopolitics of Asia.

Fiscal Gamble

US President Donald Trump’s latest legislative triumph ~ a massive tax cut and spending bill ~ may appear on the surface as a defining moment of policy success, but beneath its celebratory veneer lies a deep fault line in American politics and priorities.