Special Report
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Yogendra Yadav: India is a State-Nation, Not a Nation-State
India has created a new model to democratically deal with deep diversities. It accepts that political boundaries do not and need not coincide with cultural boundaries
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Bimal Patel: We Have to Free Our Cities from the State's Clutches
The country’s creaking infrastructure has been unable to support its cities’ rapid growth. Local governments should be granted autonomy to increase productivity
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Jagdeep Chhokar: Why Does Our Political Process Produce Rotten Leaders?
By resisting reforms and efforts to introduce transparency in their functioning, the political establishment is defeating the purpose of democracy
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta: When Business Bats Against Itself
Indian capitalism is the single biggest obstacle to further economic reform. It still inhabits a world of deals rather than rules
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Wilfried Aulbur: India has its Own Silver Linings Playbook
But the last two years have made it clear that we cannot go to sleep and still expect high growth
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Jayaprakash Narayan: Fixing Governance with Reforms and Economic Freedom
Comprehensive legal and police reforms and a financially empowered local government have to be part of the solution
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Swati Piramal: How to Make India a World Leader in Low-Cost Health Care
Bad regulations and price control are stifling pharma, but innovation in health care is blossoming with government support
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Partha Bhattacharya: The Public Sector Can Deliver if it is Empowered
Reforms in the functioning of central public sector enterprises are mandatory to ensure equity in India’s growth story. Managerial autonomy is vital
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Keki Mistry: How to Rescue the Government-Business Equation
Business needs an enabling environment from government. But the relationship between government and business has fallen to a new low. This needs fixing
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HDFC Bank's Secret to Consistent Success
Forbes India to HDFC Bank’s Executive Director Paresh Sukhthankar on the secret mantras behind the bank’s extraordinary success. Here’s what he said
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Service is the Key, but not the Door to Success: H Srikrishnan
A founding team member of HDFC Bank and YES Bank, H Srikrishnan believes new players will have to identify and fill the gaps in the market with innovative products