Roshan Kishore

India, July 1 -- Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance, in this fiction philistine's view, is one of the best English language novels on independent India written for its time.

A super power is believed to enter a phase of decline when it starts spending more on serving its debt (interest payments) than its military spending.

India, July 6 -- Would India be better off than today if it had chosen the American camp at the time of its independence?

What India needs is a pragmatic alliance in its relationship with the US, which is informed by the past as well as the present.

In India, every housing transaction requires paying a stamp/registration tax to the respective state government.

India, July 9 -- Anecdotally, India's housing market has always been believed to have a shadow component.

Financial planning such as the one taught in macroeconomic models assuming rationality does not really work in real life.

A common explanation for China’s manufacturing rise is the decades of integration with the US economy and entry to the World Trade Organization.

India, July 15 -- On Tuesday, Financial Times reported that monthly Chinese passenger car exports crossed the one million mark by volume for the first time in June.

The Budget session of Parliament ended with the government failing to muster a two-third majority to pass a bill that clubbed the rollout of women’s reservation with the delimitation of constituencies