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The Anna Hazare silliness is depressing. Writing in the Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta has an interesting angle on why there is so much interest in this snake oil.
India’s $2 trillion economy means we have to reform faster by R. Jagannathan on FirstPost.
Meera Subramanian has a beautiful story about how Diclofenac, fed to cows, is killing off India’s vultures. We’re down from 50M vultures to 60k. The consequences are bigger than we think.
Former Sebi member Abraham?s claims under CVC lens by Appu Esthose Suresh in Mint.
China’s port in Pakistan? , by Robert D. Kaplan, in Foreign Policy.
The 10 most corrupt Indian politicians .
A promising band: Menwhopause . Listen .
The decline of Asian marriage , in the Economist.
Vinayak Chatterjee on ten projects that matter in India today.
The new draft Microfinance Bill . Back story .
Nirvikar Singh in the Financial Express on the CCI order about NSE.
Think again: War by Joshua S. Goldstein in Foreign Policy.
Hegemony with Chinese characteristics by Aaron L. Friedberg, in the National Interest. Arab Spring, Chinese Winter by James Fallows, in the Atlantic. The South China Sea is the future of conflict by Robert D. Kaplan, in Foreign Policy.
The problems of dogs in Iran .
Ajay Shah’s blogAjay Shah studied at IIT, Bombay and USC, Los Angeles. He has held positions at the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research and the Ministry of Finance, and now works at NIPFP where he co-leads the NIPFP-DEA Research Programme. His research interests include policy issues on Indian economic growth, open economy macroeconomics, public finance, financial economics and pensions. ajayshah@mayin.org</a> http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah</a> http://ajayshahblog.blogspot.com</a>