Surjit S. Bhalla

The economy is being transformed: tax compliance has improved tremendously, inflation rate is well contained and more welfare payments are going out to the poor than ever before.

Try as I might, I can't think how India would have lost on any dimension if it had taken the right turn in the early '60s. India's destiny is to be a world power, alongside China and America.

The author is president, Oxus Investments. His latest book is 'Imagine There's no Country'.

For the rebels with mixed-up causes, it's open season on America, says Surjit S. Bhalla

Yes, if the statisticians desist from using different sets of figures to argue otherwise

Not only the greatest cricketer ever, he was the century's greatest sportsman

Fixing is here all right. But here’s a method that can quantify the amount of dirt in the game.

Doomsayers could be proved wrong again because a more "correct" economic policy is now in place.

CricketX says Sachin is not on top in Tests or one-dayers. Together he is. So buy.

Expect a strong pro-reform budget; the BJP has nothing to lose

How can one get into college without passing school? The one social group that needs affirmative action (not quotas) is the Muslims; but strangely, it is politically incorrect to talk about it.

Journalists are privileged in having the power to communicate ideas and influence policy. They should not betray this trust of the people. Joining issue with P. Sainath's Lost