http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Thu, 23 May 2013 22:30:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/after-four-years-of-upa-2-the-india-story-looks-bleak-803833.html#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 01:53:07 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=803833 As UPA 2 completes four years in office, it appears that for the Indian polity and the economy, things will likely get a lot worse before they can get better.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/after-four-years-of-upa-2-the-india-story-looks-bleak-803833.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/from-here-on-sonia-manmohan-dyarchy-is-a-slow-train-wreck-779135.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 01:40:10 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=779135 The "two heads" power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/from-here-on-sonia-manmohan-dyarchy-is-a-slow-train-wreck-779135.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/parliament-deadlock-why-rudys-alternate-suggestion-wont-work-777801.html#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 12:36:15 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=777801 Rajiv Pratap Rudy revives an old debate about ending the gridlock in the prevailing system of government by switching to a model that directly elects the Chief Executive. But with all its merits, it may not fly. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/parliament-deadlock-why-rudys-alternate-suggestion-wont-work-777801.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/nitish-kumar-starts-sewa-yatra-to-check-on-governance-743711.html#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 09:42:02 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=743711 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today started a 'sewa yatra' to verify development work on the ground and review functioning of government offices and schools in districts.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/nitish-kumar-starts-sewa-yatra-to-check-on-governance-743711.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/was-modis-governance-speech-inspired-by-digvijaya-singh-693016.html#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:59:35 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=693016 The phrase "Less government, more governance" came first from Digvijaya Singh 11 years ago. But Singh's idea never had takers in Congress. Will Modi's in BJP?]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/was-modis-governance-speech-inspired-by-digvijaya-singh-693016.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/thatcher-to-modi-steering-the-economic-discourse-to-the-right-691287.html#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:34:05 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=691287 Our national discourse on economics, which has always been weighted in favour of the far left, needs a corrective balancing force. Modi's address at the ThinkIndia forum on Monday was the first step in that journey. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/thatcher-to-modi-steering-the-economic-discourse-to-the-right-691287.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-utter-loneliness-of-advani-eternal-pm-in-waiting-689154.html#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:43:40 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=689154 An 86-year-old patriarch who wistfully recalls memories of a communally polarising campaign from the late 1980s and early 1990s is exactly the wrong man to represent a BJP that wants to project a forward-looking image of itself.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-utter-loneliness-of-advani-eternal-pm-in-waiting-689154.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/world/cyprus-to-india-what-happens-when-leaders-lose-trust-668413.html#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:59:54 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=668413 The experience of imposing a levy on Cyprus depositors holds important lessons for Indian banks and policymakers: You can't take the trust of the people for granted.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/cyprus-to-india-what-happens-when-leaders-lose-trust-668413.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-will-need-more-than-modi-nama-to-win-in-2014-646224.html#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 01:22:10 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=646224 Projecting Modi as its candidate gives the BJP a head-start in the campaign for 2014, But an excessive reliance on Modi-mania - at the expense of attention to details of policy articulation - too holds risks for the BJP. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-will-need-more-than-modi-nama-to-win-in-2014-646224.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/economy/india-ranked-111-in-global-economic-freedom-ranking-whos-to-blame-624824.html#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:52:32 +0000 shiningpath http://www.firstpost.com/?p=624824 Here's why should we care about India’s dismal placement in the Economic Freedom Index, which incidentally is the same as Pakistan's.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/economy/india-ranked-111-in-global-economic-freedom-ranking-whos-to-blame-624824.html/feed 0