Till now the government was accused of policy paralysis. Now that it’s pushing reforms, India’s main opposition party has virtually indicated to foreign retailers to come here at their own risk. Evidently, the BJP places no premium on policy continuity which is expected from a democratic and mature nation, in…

Reforms and progressive economic policies are mostly unpopular but necessary. To implement it, parties have to move away from populism and face criticism. Opposition parties use it as a tool to attack the government in power. While Yashwant Sinha, LK Advani and others are critical of the Congress government, there…

Recently we have been hearing a lot of arguments for and against reforms. Whatever the opposition might accuse the Congress of, including the scams, one has to accept and give due credit to Congress for the economic reforms. They took the initiative and put India on the fast track towards…

The opposition-sponsored bandh may have been successful, but where was the aam aadmi in it? He was inconvenienced and many lost a day’s earning. The countrywide bandh against the centre’s decision to hike diesel prices and allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail got a partial response, but that too…

Mamata even after heading the West Bengal government for months is acting like a leader of the opposition, and no different from the previous communist government. Bengal has not experienced any major change. Mamata won’t serve India’s or Bengal’s interest by walking out of UPA. India needs reforms not populism.…