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Make in India should be thought of as a long term building up of infrastructure and capabilities many of which are dual use. It may take many years but China will eventually surpass the US in technical competence. India should build up its own capabilities independently.

How do they identify the poorest 20% - its rife for corruption There is a dated socioeconomic and caste census to identify the poor though in practice I expect the goal will be to identify vote banks rather than the poor We can expect that Aadhar will be further expanded in its scope to...

The bus stand shelters in Bangalore have the name of the local politician prominently displayed as if they are doing citizens a favor in allowing funds to be used to construct bus stand shelters. What is a normal part of a politicians job in every other country is considered some great favor...

It is perfectly fine to have regulated banks for pensioners but then they should not be allowed to make risky loans like they do today. Since the bank is regulated to not take excessive risk it takes care of the trust issue. The point is Government bailout of banks is not to help small savings...

True, even China did not condemn the airstrike Pakistan however reacted quickly and forcefully sending F16s and it appears India was taken by surprise. Lessons have hopefully been learnt from the dogfight with Pakistan and India will be better prepared next time

Allow banks with bad debts to fail. No taxpayer bailouts. Nationalized banks to be freed of political interference. Banks will automatically learn to be more careful in future

This is very educational. People can see for themselves how the Western media is covering the Christchurch attack. Will they cover the root causes or spin it as lone wolf attack and shift the focus to gun control.

The Media hate Trump but the Government is more than the President at least in the US. The Media has not questioned even a little the investigations about Russian election meddling but gone along with it. One of the reasons they hate Trump is because they claim he is a Russian puppet and the...

Fully agree. India's motto should be "speak softly but carry a big stick" -Roosevelt That would be more effective. India is not capable today of sustaining such operations over the long term which is what will be required to win this fight. It will require building up India's capabilities in...

The media coverage of the airstrikes has been irresponsible. Keep in mind however that the western media is not some standard for journalism. The US and British media have been going ballistic for last few years on Russia without questioning the government version of events

The Congress after Independence could have created a truly secular polity but it did not do even when it enjoyed a near monopoly of power for a long time. They could have been secular and retained power and completely removed the potential for communal and caste politics taking root

There was a window of opportunity to create a truly secular polity right after Independence but that was squandered. Communal and caste politics has been cultivated in India by many political parties, so when they call the BJP communal, they have no credibility. When a political party claims to...

The Airstrikes are being politicized but its not just some single party. All parties have members who are making irresponsible statements. In other countries it would mark the end of their political careers but they know they can get away with it here and perhaps even get them some additional...

WP hates Trump no doubt, but when it comes to wars WP never questions its Government. WP is no model for journalism. In India we do see different viewpoints represented in the mainstream media unlike the US

The record of what passes for secularism in India speaks for itself

The Indian media houses cannot match WPs subservience to its (US) Government. Look at WPs reporting of the US regime change wars.

The people of the US are very pro privacy and individual liberty. The government of the US however is not. It has built a vast surveillance network in the name of national security as revealed by Snowden. Europe seems to be the only place where data privacy is still respected

The issue with Aadhar is the overall ecosystem. It is illogical to defend Aadhar by saying that the UIDAI database has not been breached or for Indane to say that it did not ask for customer addresses when it asked for Aadhar. It is like a credit card company saying that credit card fraud is...

I would be wary of a news article which had unnamed western diplomats as a source. We should also be skeptical of relying on western intelligence sources who have been responsible for deliberate disinformation (Iraq comes to mind). Why should they be considered credible or objective?

I also see lot of illusion about the international community supporting India's position. Every country follows its own interest and if India is getting support and Pakistan is facing pressure it is not because of moral reasons. It is because the terror cells in Pakistan no longer serve the...