It’s been a year since I last wrote about the Chinese economy. And it was as part of the global economy, that I was writing then. There are several reasons to turn our attention to China again: to see how the domestic Chinese economy is faring since it had gone into a serious slowdown, to… Continue reading Is China’s Rebooting of Its Economy Working?
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Smoke and Ashes, And Parallels Too Many
This August I received two books from my aged father for my 61st birthday and one of them is Smoke and Ashes by Amitav Ghosh. He has written this years after writing the Ibis trilogy – a fictional account of India’s opium trade with China – which was well reviewed in the press at the… Continue reading Smoke and Ashes, And Parallels Too Many
India’s EV Foray Running Out of Steam
India was late to the EV party, as it began its journey of electric mobility only in the past decade. It seems like it wasn’t a policy priority either for the Indian government, with our Roads and Transportation Minister, Nitin Gadkari once even quipping on a television news discussion, “What’s the hurry?” This, when the… Continue reading India’s EV Foray Running Out of Steam
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Are We Ready to Fight COVID-19 and Climate Change?
As the news flows in day after day of the number of people infected by the Coronavirus and those who have died from it, I can’t help but think that we are rather helpless in dealing with it. News media seems to be able to do no more than simply report on the swelling numbers… Continue reading Are We Ready to Fight COVID-19 and Climate Change?






