The Outlier Indian

Subhash Chandra Garg, the blue-eyed boy of Narendra Modi Government was unceremoniously shunted out as Finance Secretary. He was the person responsible for Urjit Patel’s ouster. Viral Acharya left because of him. He was promoted as Finance Secretary as recently as March 2019, just 4 months earlier. What could be the reasons for the sudden […]

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Who would you think would be the decision makers in the Narendra Modi Government? The usual answer would be the powerful ministers in charge of the key ministries. Let us see ministry by ministry and check who could be the real decision makers. Home Ministry Amit Shah is the Union Home Minister. He has handled […]

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The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) was supposed to be a game-changer for the farmers in India. However, there is not going to be any perceptible change for the intended beneficiaries – the farmers. Why? Read on. Who are to benefit – Farmers / Land owners? The divergence of the benefit starts from the […]

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When Urjit Patel resigned in December 2018, it was a foregone conclusion that Viral Acharya will follow suit. The fact that he took six months to move on was a surprise. I suppose Viral Acharya’s resignation is the last of the lot in Modi 2.0. There are not going to be any more Raghuram Rajan, […]

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It is fairly evident that Rahul Gandhi wants to become Prime Minister of India. Though for all practical purposes, he is not going to become one in his lifetime. This is also fairly evident. Against all odds, is there actually a way in which the unthinkable can happen? Yes, it is possible. Rahul Gandhi to […]

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I attended a couple of sessions in a forum for public discourse. I was intrigued by the tagline of the organization that organized them. “The place for INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONS”. Does it mean that what the other people discuss/speak is not intelligent? Who certified that whatever gets spoken at their place is intelligent? Does it imply […]

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This post is about the ineptitude of Indian Media, and not about Godrej Nature’s Basket. I have used Godrej Nature’s Basket as an example basis the information available in the public domain and there is no intention whatsoever to present the company in a bad light. Time and again, whenever I read the Indian Media […]

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I got an opportunity to listen to Anand Teltumbde in a talk ‘Caste in Stone?’ at Manthan, Hyderabad on 3rd May 2019. I had never read any of his articles/books and heard him before. Though, I had read quite a lot about him that he is a liberal thinker, a public intellectual and so on. […]

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Narendra Modi is undefeated in electoral politics in India. In Gujarat, it was never the question of whether he will win. The question was how many seats Congress will be reduced to? In the national elections, the situation is not so dire for the opposition parties. However, the overall result remains the same – Narendra […]

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It is time for India Loksabha Elections 2019. What are the differences between India Loksabha elections 2019 and 2014, the last time this so-called democratic exercise was carried out? The current election in 2019, similar to earlier ones, is not going to impact the lives of the Indian electorate in any meaningful manner. However, there […]

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