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Pranab Bardhan
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From academic Pranab Bardhan’s memoir: Why the Naxalite movement of the 1970s was bound to fail
An excerpt from ‘Charaiveti: An Academic’s Global Journey,’ by Pranab Bardhan.
Pranab Bardhan
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Indian democracy was always fragile – but decades of effort to nourish it are being undermined
When essential democratic principles and norms are being dismantled, a regime cannot be called democratic – even if a majority of the electorate votes for it.
Pranab Bardhan
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The two largest democracies in the world are the sickest now
India and the United States are both facing fundamental crises.
Pranab Bardhan
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Coronavirus relief package: Why banking on fiscally conservative policies is imprudent
Fiscally austere policies will only serve to further escalate the revenue shortfall and debt problems.
Pranab Bardhan
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Is there hope for the left of centre hearts pounding anxiously at the rise of right-wing populism?
An economist offers a path forward for the left: Ally with liberals and rights activists around the idea of human rights, accountability and reforms.
Pranab Bardhan