Demonetisation'-- the withdrawal of legal tender status of notes of denomination Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 -- announced by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a televised address on 8 November 2016 will go down in history as one of the most reactionary and illogical economic policies ever attempted in independent India. ...
From joining politics under firebrand leader George Fernandes, to becoming the president of Samata Party -- a key ally in the first National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government, Jaya Jaitly's rise in mainstream politics invited both awe and envy. Her autobiography, "Life Among the Scorpions" make...
Large companies and bankers, employees and customers, as well as small and medium enterprises have all vented their anger at the demonetisation announced by the government on November 8 last year....
The party's spokesman, Sanjay Raut, noted recently how the Congress vice-president's "body language" has changed for the better and expressed faith in his credentials to lead the country since the Modi wave has "faded away"....
It is one of the great ironies of our times that Muslims are a problem for all political parties, except the BJP. In a totally different way, for Mamata too. Without Muslims as a foil, there would be no Hindutva gameplan. If, by some miracle, Indian Muslims were to vanish into thin air, the social edifice erected so far, around which...
Sections of the Indian film and television which did business through banking channels remained largely on track after the November 8, 2016, demonetisation. But Bollywood's daily wagers -- spot boys, lightmen, casual actors and other temps -- continue to face its after-effects, say industry experts....
Dylan was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity, and eventually separated himself from all organized religions, though he remains a "true believer." His religious migration mattered not a whit to practicing Jews or Christians, but it did matter to left-wing secular Jews and left-wing ex-Christians—they hated him for his embrace of Christianity....
It's literally a do-or-die battle for both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministerial faces in the upcoming Himachal Pradesh assembly polls. Both veterans -- one in his eighties and the other in his seventies -- are struggling for their political survival....
As bank customers suffered by waiting in long queues to withdraw their money from November onwards last year, another group of people -- bank employees -- endured the hardship of extended work hours and customer anger....
The adverse impact of demonetisation on the Indian economy would be transitory, according to global and domestic credit rating agencies....
