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Unsold flats: Will debt-ridden builders resort to firesale?

The builders can sit on the unsold inventory only if they are not bothered about the debt which they have taken.

QE can't be stopped even if it makes no sense to continue it

Tapering would lead to a large influx of dollars into the US from the emerging markets, leading to price inflation.

Readers Verdict: Mr Trivedi, you are our hero

Our readers thought the railways minister did the right thing by increasing the passenger fare. Here's what they had to say.

Bringing back black money will crash the economy

One reader argues that bringing back the trillions of dollar denominated assets into the country, could create more problems than it would solve.

Treat all languages equally, save linguistic diversity

All languages in this country should be treated as equal and state government should get the freedom to decide in what language they want to interact with central government instead of limiting option to just two languages.

Pune Muslim techie's murder over a FB post is just plain wrong

Stringent punishment should be given to all religious & political leaders along with masses who gets involved in such incidents.

Smriti Irani vs Madhu Kishwar: Let's debate policies, not degrees

Belittling someone for their (un)education is not helping matters. A close observation will reveal the best ministers were not the Ox-bridge bunch but hard-working people from humble background.

Not appealing against formation of Modi govt, says petitioner

Petitioner Tabish Khair said the petition to political parties only appealed to them to stick to their promises made on secularism and did not attack the idea of democracy.

Both BJP and Cong are only interested in personal gains

But BJP is equally bad (or at best, only slightly better) as Congress. Even if we assume that Modi is honest, BJP as a party is not.

Why AAP is the only viable alternative for India

When you say viable alternative, I don't see any alternative other than AAP. The alternatives we have — the BJP and the Congress — are proven incompetent and/or thieves. When the existing alternatives are sinking the ship, even a small boat is a life boat.