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Mihir S Sharma

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Greatest Sin In Indian Politics Is Overconfidence
Rediff.com20 Feb 2024

The BJP will enter this election, as it does every election, as if it is fighting to...

G20 Presidency: Time To Taper Expectations
Rediff.com1 Sep 2023

India's role as a leader of the global south may require it to give up its ambition to...

Is Putin Really A Tough Guy?
Rediff.com14 Jul 2023

The mixed narratives emerging from Russia undermine Mr Putin's position and authority...

Can G7 Decoupling From China Boost India?
Rediff.com29 May 2023

Indian policymakers are almost alone, alongside the United States, in seeking a hard...

Adani Crisis: No Harm To National Interest
Rediff.com22 Feb 2023

Those who worry that the Adani saga will turn the world off India are not looking at...

Why Short-Sellers Like Hindenburg Matter
Rediff.com8 Feb 2023

Strange souls see a research report on an Indian conglomerate as part of a vast...

CBI/ED Raids And The Danger To The Republic
Rediff.com24 Aug 2022

Within a few hours of Nitish Kumar leaving the NDA, entirely reasonable people were...

UP Win May Make Yogi Modi's Heir
Rediff.com22 Feb 2022

A handsome victory for the BJP in UP would act as confirmation of its recent political...

Will India Repeat Same Covid Mistakes?
Rediff.com12 Jan 2022

We are entering 2022, facing another infectious variant, with much the same baseless...

Farm laws repeal: Who Won, Who Lost
Rediff.com30 Nov 2021

Prime Minister Modi has certainly pulled back, and his political capital -- dependent...

India's Approaching Democratic Crisis
Rediff.com22 Nov 2021

India will either have to create a system in which certain geographical areas will wind...

What India needs to do at COP26, Glasgow
Rediff.com1 Nov 2021

Rather than talking endlessly about lost and marginal opportunities, India's climate...

Does Modi have an Economic Road Map?
Rediff.com17 Sep 2021

Pragmatism and flexibility is a virtue. An untethered and short-term approach to...

India's Cairn and Unable Moment
Rediff.com28 Jul 2021

The Indian State does not believe in the rule of law. It does not even recognise the...

COVID-19: India has learnt NOTHING!
Rediff.com17 Jul 2021

Weeks after the second wave peaked in many parts of the country, we are rapidly...

Stopping a Third Wave
Rediff.com19 Jun 2021

Unless public health is prioritised over swift re-opening, the chances are that a third...

COVID-19: 5 points about the second wave
Rediff.com20 May 2021

What do we know about India's devastating second wave, and can we assign responsibility...

Govt is to blame for vaccine crisis
Rediff.com4 May 2021

If the government had paid enough to begin with, or if it had made serious advance...

Time to return to localised lockdowns!
Rediff.com3 Apr 2021

'The Union government has discouraged state and local governments from imposing...

Visionary Budget or worse than Pranab Mukherjee's?
Rediff.com3 Mar 2021

The sad truth is that the debt-to-GDP ratio will shoot up close to 90 per cent in the...