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This is another 1991 moment — don’t kill the second green revolution. Massive protests by Punjab’s farmers is another reminder how difficult it is to reform in a democracy.

Don’t kill 2nd green revolution: Rolling back farm reforms would privilege a small but vociferous...

The current protests by Punjab’s farmers hold many lessons. One of them is that politics is a short game, a T20 cricket match, while economics is a long term, five-day Test match. Punjab’s farmers...

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Decolonisation? Yes. Let's Reform Our Police. Astrong PM who starts the change in BJP states can deliver this, 16 years after SC's landmark judgment.

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I am disillusioned with Modi. I don’t have confidence in Rahul Gandhi. I fear the chaotic mahagathbandhan. I don’t know who to vote for.

Voter in the middle: With acche din nowhere in sight, who does a moderate vote for this election?

I lost my friends on the Left when i voted for Narendra Modi in 2014. I lost my friends on the Right when i criticised Modi for demonetisation, majoritarian politics and weakened institutions. With...

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We have much to be proud of India at 75! But the truth is that it is a story of private success and public failure. Here is my assessment in today’s Times of India.

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I lost my friends on the Left when I voted for Modi. I lost my friends on the Right when I criticised Modi for demo and majoritarianism. Surrounded by Modi bhakts and Modi haters, I am the man-in-the-middle, but many Indians are like me.

Voter in the middle: With acche din nowhere in sight, who does a moderate vote for this election?

I lost my friends on the Left when i voted for Narendra Modi in 2014. I lost my friends on the Right when i criticised Modi for demonetisation, majoritarian politics and weakened institutions. With...

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3 years

It is a sad day when democracy defeats sanity. On November 18, the government made a dramatic retreat on the farm laws. It’s a clear setback for the economy and a return to the politics of freebies. All reformers have failed to sell the competitive market to the Indian people.

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I’m sure you’re just as distressed at the tragedy at Ashoka. Here is my take:

A tale of two heroes: An Ashoka University donor on the challenges of doing good in today’s world

Pratap Bhanu Mehta, professor of political science and a passionate critic of the government, resigned from Ashoka University last week because he felt he’d become a ‘political liability’. The media...

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In 1947, Britain packed up and left India, leaving behind absent-mindedly the English language and a headache for Indians. Ever since, we’ve been quarrelling over the place of English in our lives, particularly in what language to teach our children.

India’s language conundrum: The National Education Policy has skirted elegantly a political...

In 1947, a weary Britain packed up and left India, leaving behind absent-mindedly the English language and a headache for Indians. Ever since, we’ve been quarrelling over the place of English in our...

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The private school sector is growing at a massive pace. Nearly 50% of India's children attend private schools, and we need to provide the sector more autonomy if we want improved learning outcomes for them. My piece in @httweets #StateOfPrivateSchools

Busting myths and the double-speak on education | Opinion

If India wants to deliver quality education to its children, it needs an honest conversation on private schools

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2 years

There are 195 countries in the world and 149 of them don’t have a national language. If India has managed without a national language for 75 years, why fix something that isn’t broken? Read my article in the Times of India.

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3 years

Of the four interviews I gave on TV yesterday on the shocking repeal of the farm laws, I reluctantly did this short one in Hindi for BBC's world service. I think the point comes through, even in my tooti, phooti Hindi.🤫

Farm Bills Repealed : कृषि कानून वापस लेना Narendra Modi सरकार के लिए...

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने तीनों विवादित कृषि क़ानूनों को वापस लेने की घोषणा की. कृषि क़ानूनों को रद्द कराने के लिए किसान पिछले एक साल से आंदोलन कर रहे हैं...

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3 years

Here is my take on the sale of Air India to the Tatas.

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4 years

Only way to stem the rot in Indian education is to fund students, not schools.

One and a half cheers: National Education Policy promises much, but fails to come to grips with...

There is so much good in the recently announced National Education Policy (NEP) that it seems churlish to point out its failings. It will receive well deserved applause. However, the truth is that it...

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Our mantra should be 'Don’t fix the pipes; fix the institutions that will fix the pipes.’ Don’t waste this crisis, prime minister!

Covid and the bureaucracy: India needs modern institutions that are autonomous, accountable and...

The events of the past month have been so tragic, so unspeakably ugly that the only rational response was to pretend it wasn’t happening. The raging second wave of the virus revealed not only the...

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5 years

If tiny countries in Asia can compete, why can’t India? Why is it still an infant, needing protection, after 72 years? Get over export pessimism. ‘Make in India’ should be ‘Make in India for the World’. No nation has become prosperous without exports.

Ten steps to $5 trillion: Lesson from RCEP fiasco is that India must execute bold reforms to become...

November 4, 2019 was a sad day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to walk out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations at the eleventh-hour, admitting that India...

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If India wants to deliver quality education to its children, it needs to have an honest conversation on private schools. Busting myths and the double-speak on education.

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2 years

I have been privileged to write an Introduction to The Moral Compass, just released by Harper Collins. This wonderful, timely book of moral tales holds a mirror to our lives, sharpening our moral compass in order to resolve the day-to-day moral dilemmas.

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3 years

To expect reforms before an election is like getting a pig to sing. It not only wastes your time, but annoys the pig. Although this Budget didn’t announce big reforms, it chose investment over consumption, job creation over freebies, and long-term dignity and prosperity of Indian

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The market system has still not found a comfortable home in India. Even though India has risen via the reforms--lifting 350 million out of poverty--too many still believe the market makes the rich richer and poor poorer. 'Mann ki baat’ can help to change this.

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4 years

When you get old, it’s nice to be told that what you once said still makes sense. The Economist wrote this week:regulation is one reason why “India grows at night, while the government sleeps”,according to an adage popularised by the author Gurcharan Das.”

Will labour reforms in India work?

Jobs are protected on paper but precarious in practice

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6 years

GQ Writer of the Year : #GQIndia #GQAwards #GQ10 #October2018 #OnStandsNow

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5 years

I used to believe that happiness lay in loving the work you do and loving the person you live with. Now I would add that fulfilling the four aims of the classical Indian life is the secret to a flourishing life.

Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha: Gurcharan Das unravels the mystery of the four aims of Hindu belief

On this Diwali, we examine the four goals of Hindu life – 'dharma' (righteousness), 'artha' (material wealth), 'kama' (love and desire), 'moksha' (salvation) through the prism of author Gurcharan Das.

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5 years

Here is what I said at the Oxford Union Debate on the Modi Debate on 16 May.

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7 years

We have forgotten the Yin side of our lives — the joy of doing things for the sake of pleasure and happiness

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6 years

A historic day for liberty, dignity and kama optimism as India’s Supreme Court decriminalises homosexuality. @gurcharandas

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3 years

When I came to live and work in Bombay at the age 20, the city was a liberation. Much like millions who’ve come here since Mumbai’s birth, free from the oppressions of a feudal society.

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I shall be speaking in Oxford, UK at the Oxford Union Debate on Thursday, May 16 at 8:30 pm on Modi’s India

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5 years

If dharma is a duty to another, kama is a duty to yourself. Join me this weekend on how to cherish love and desire to live a rich, flourishing life. On Newsx: Sat @ 8.25 pm, Sun @ 9.25 am and @ 6.25 pm.

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1 year

Come by if you are in Delhi and aren't doing anything else on Saturday evening. It will be nice to meet!

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3 years

Why is Mahatma Gandhi’s idea of Trusteeship relevant today and why is Swadeshi not relevant. I’ll be discussing the economic ideas of Mahatma Gandhi on this panel with Jerry Rao and Shekhar Gupta.

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For my friends in Delhi: if you interested in this subject, here is an invite. Come and join me for chai at 6.30 pm at the Habitat on the 27th.

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3 years

Haryana just scored a self-goal!

Gurugram Inc won't expand in Haryana anymore, eyeing hubs like Noida now

There was a palpable change in the direction India was taking in the last six months. Haryana government has put fears in the industry.

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4 years

Why is it so difficult to do good in India? At one stroke, the government has undone all its good work in the ‘ease of doing business’ by this draconian FCRA amendment, giving India a bad image internationally.

Doing good in India gets harder: Philanthropy should be regulated by an independent regulator, not...

Indira Gandhi’s Emergency was a tragedy in modern India’s history. A second tragedy was not to have undone the terrible laws enacted during the Emergency. One of these is the Foreign Contributions...

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2 years

I shall be in a serious conversation for the first time on my forthcoming book on moksha, which will be ready early next year. The person interviewing me is an incredibly sensitive humanist and a Sanskrit scholar. If you are in Delhi, not busy, do come. Gurcharan

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6 years

The new Walmart operation will source 95% of its goods locally. Plus, the jobs it will create in logistics, cold chain, warehousing, distribution and delivery, add up to 10 million jobs.

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1 year

I shall be delivering a lecture at the International Centre in Goa on the 22nd

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6 years

Anil Swarup was not only an extraordinary civil servant but he has also written an extraordinary book.

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"The book is written with honesty & passion by a person who worked all his life inside the callous system. I recommend it whole-heartedly": Gurcharan Das. We missed you at the launch of "Not Just A Civil Servant" @gurcharandas but thanks a lot for your kind comments on the book.

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1 year

Has License Raj come back? Read my article today in Times of India.

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5 years

Not Garibi Hatao but Amiri Lao: The success of Modi 2.0 depends on embedding bold new mindsets

Bold vision of Modi 2.0: Moving from ‘garibi hatao’ to ‘amiri lao’ depends on embedding audacious...

On Sunday night the anchor of a TV show sneeringly and repeatedly referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s $5 trillion GDP target. The show was on the poor state of our cities and the well-meanin...

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8 years

Market is neither moral nor immoral. Only human beings are. Read my latest in @Openthemag "The Dharmic Economy" -

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2 years

I shall be in a serious conversation for the first time on my forthcoming book on moksha, which will be ready early next year. The person interviewing me is an incredibly sensitive humanist and a Sanskrit scholar. If you are in Delhi, not busy, do come. Gurcharan

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7 years

How then does one give purpose to one's work and to life? How does one go from `making a living' to `making a life'?

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7 years

My take on three years of Modi Sarkar:

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3 years

Congratulations @CSF_India for completing 10 years of impacting school education in India. Your contribution to making FLN a national mission is significant. Hope your passion for ensuring every child gets quality school education only keeps growing with each year. #10YearsOfCSF

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Our best hope is the spread of conservative ideals in India, resulting in a softer, more inclusive BJP and a more market friendly Congress.

In search of a conservative Indian: We are drowned today by the shrill noises from Hindu national...

The precipitous decline of Congress worries many Indians who believe that choice and a responsible opposition are important. Democracies elsewhere offer a choice between liberals and conservatives...

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We must face the inconvenient truth that a nation is an ‘imagined community’. Identity has nothing to do with it.

Contra Hindutva, Kashmiriyat: How consent works in a world of invented nations and fictional...

The recent change in the political status of Kashmir has deeply wounded the Kashmiris. There is anger, fear, alienation and loss of self-respect. Many have addressed the hurt to Kashmiriyat from a...

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2 years

I will be in conversation with the author of 'The Moral Compass' in Gurgaon's Quill & Canvas on Saturday 23rd at 7 pm. It is in South Point Mall on Golf Course Road. If you live nearby, do come. It is timely book of moral tales, and sharpens our moral compass.

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7 years

One is lucky if one has the chance to work at something that one enjoys & what one is good at.

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3 years

Can Covid shift our politics? It’s a national emergency now. Let it bring to an end our Age of Hatred.

Can Covid shift our politics? It’s a national emergency now. Let it bring to an end our Age of...

The dreaded second wave of the coronavirus has created a national emergency. You’d think it would have united our republic, but India remains hopelessly divided. A straightforward problem of vaccin...

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6 years

Read this excellent excerpt from my latest book "Kama: The riddle of desire" - "The dharma texts created a social code and an ideal of stri-dharma that conditioned women to accept a subordinate place in a patriarchal society."

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6 years

“She has captured the essence of my new book, Kama: The Riddle of Desire so beautifully.”

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5 years

I shall be commenting on the BUDGET on July 5, through the day on TIMES NOW from 8 A.M. onwards Gurcharan Das

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6 months

For my friends in the Boston area: I shall be speaking on March 6 at 6 pm at Harvard University’s Kennedy School on the 'Dilemma of the Indian Liberal.’ It is based on my forthcoming book by the same title, published this month by Speaking Tiger.

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4 years

Who shall live? Who shall die? India faces Sophie’s Choice: our tragic dilemma is to choose between present lives and future lives.

India faces sophie’s choice: The government’s tragic lockdown dilemma is that it has to pick...

The old idea that civilisation is destroyed from within, not from without, has been turned upside down. In just a few weeks a virus ten-thousandth of a millimetre in diameter has spread around the...

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6 years

If you are daunted by the 550 page “door-stopper”, which is how one critic referred to my latest book, #Kama , here is a short appetizer that a magazine offered as a Christmas gift to its readers in the West. I pass it along with my best wishes for 2019!

A Hindu’s Reflections on Desire and the Human Condition - The Globalist

The beguiling world of kama,presented around the Western world’s Christmastime.

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7 years

India is a bottom up success unlike China which is a top down success. #eodbindia

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5 years

Strong state, strong society: The reforms India needs Prime Minister Narendra Modi to courageously undertake.

Strong state, strong society: The reforms India needs Prime Minister Narendra Modi to courageously...

With the re-election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, fears are again being expressed of creeping authoritarianism in India. But i worry about the opposite problem. I do not fear a strong state but a...

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4 years

I am chairing a session on Clear Thinking today, 4-5 pm, at a Webinar of India International Centre on the book ‘How do you know what you know?’ by Janki Santoke. If you're interested in thinking clearly, do register and join.

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4 years

Partial, selective lockdown should be the way forward to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Is talk of lifting lockdown premature or is it necessary to allow some economic activity?

As the Narendra Modi government considers the option of extending the Covid-19 lockdown beyond 14 April, concerns around its impact on the economy are growing.

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3 years

Let’s not forget that giving away money requires we also respect the making of money.

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1 year

These two events might interest you. Come by tomorrow evening if you are not busy to a conversation on how our history is relevant to our politics today. The second is a lecture on 4th September at the IIC on the 'Dilemma of a liberal Indian' 👇

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2 years

Happy to inform you that I have written a longish introduction to Sindhis, a lovely book by Mark Falzon, just published by Penguin in the series, 'The Story of Indian Business.’ Here is the Amazon link:

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10 years

Men & Ideas : Modi’s moment is about middle class dignity http://t.co/JwFvTa2LLy

Modi’s moment is about middle class dignity

If Indians won their political freedom in August 1947 and their economic freedom in July 1991, they have attained dignity in May 2014. This is the significance of Narendra Modi’s landslide victory....

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7 years

Read my latest article on why the capping of school fees is a regressive move that causes more harm than good.

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6 years

The tao of desire

Channelling kama for a higher purpose

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Mumbai’s commercial origins makes its people nicer than, say Delhi, whose origins are feudal. If you don’t make CEO, you’re free to move on your competitor’s company. Not like Delhi where there’s only one king, one PM, you’ve to stab some to get ahead.

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Dear friends in Bombay, I shall be in conversation in Mumbai about my memoir, Another Sort of Freedom. It’s on 29th October at 6.30 pm at NCPA (Little Theatre) in Tata literature live festival. Do come. @tatalitlive

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4 years

If you are interested in education, and have nothing better to do this evening between 5.30 and 6.30, do tune to this:

“Policy In Practice On National Education Policy 2020” with Dr. JP...

Youth Parliament Program in collaboration with Scube TV takes pleasure to bring forward Policy In Practice on National Educational Policy 2020.In The Episode...

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From Mahabharat To Marcel Proust: Gurcharan Das’ Favourite Reads

From 19th century novels to a war poem: Gurcharan Das talks of his favourite books.

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Philanthropy is a wonderful thing. But it is an individual responsibility, not corporate social responsibility.

Is Milton Friedman dead? Not quite. Individual social responsibility, not corporate social respon...

Capitalism has been on the defensive ever since the global financial crisis of 2007-08. Young people in the West have been turning away from the market system because of widening inequality, revuls...

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Kama is about love and desire, about wanting more and being haunted by settling for less. It doesn’t matter who one loves; what matters is to love someone irresistibly.

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4 years

Thank you, accidental sufi!

the accidental sufi

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Coz I'm a #November born #Scorpio .No half-measures, yeah! You like an author, you read everything by him😁Joy is a boxset bookmail 🥳 @gurcharandas @PenguinIndia #books #read #readingcommunity #SundayThoughts #BooksAreMyFavoriteFriends #ReadRaveRepeat #lifeisgood #India #Writers

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In case you are interested in this controversy between Multinational companies, India, and Pakistani Jihadis, here are my thoughts. Unless you want to hear the whole debate, it may be more efficient to go directly to minute 8.30 and to minute 19. Gurcharan

Perspective: MNCs & Political Stands | 24 February, 2022

In this episode of the Perspective Prog. based on 'MNCs & Political Stands'. In the first week of February this year the Twitter space was abuzz with strong ...

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Here are 7 lessons we have learned from Covid. A virus, ten-thousandth of a millimetre in diameter, has tested our governance, our character during these past two years. This article appeared on Saturday in The Times of India.

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Private individual donations in the past five years have grown faster than either foreign donations or corporate donations via CSR or government welfare funding. They rose six fold from Rs 6,000 crore in 2011 to Rs 36,000 crore in 2016.

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Read my latest article on why classic liberals don't win elections, but populists do:

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The memory of an event can be more real and powerful than the original, confused event. So, we must not devalue the stories of women just because they happened years ago. From the Times of India:

Times Group epapers - The Times of India epaper, Economic Times epaper, Maharastra Times ePaper,...

Discover the latest ePapers from renowned publications like Times of India, The Economic Times, Mirror, Maharashtra Times, and more. View and download these daily newspapers staying updated with...

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My take on how India can be a shining beacon of hope for liberalism all around the world, and why we should:

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My writing is trying to figure out the world for myself: Gurcharan Das

Gurcharan Das delves deep into the everyday reality, mythology and philosophy that shape his latest book

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“A fascinating narrative, it weaves the story of Amar into a philosophical journey…So seamless is the plot created by the author, it is the greatest kind [of fiction] that speaks for an era of social transformation.”

Shades of Desire

An engaging account that goes beyond sex and sexuality to explore desire in the contemporary Indian social order

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Building a Better India, 15th August at Noon We are so delighted to host celebrated author, management guru and public intellectual Mr. Gurcharan Das in conversation, this Independence Day. We will stream on YouTube Live here:

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Tragic gap between our aspirations and reality. India is free, its schools are not. Reform must have two legs: autonomy for private schools and quality for government schools.

India is free, its schools are not – Reform must have two legs: Autonomy for private schools and...

Another Republic Day has come and gone, with an unhappy reminder of the tragic gap between our aspirations and the harsh reality. For 70 years we have wanted our children to grow up into free...

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'History is bunk,' said Henry Ford, and he was wrong. When experience is not retained, as among apes, infancy is perpetual. Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it, as India did on Nov 4, 2019, behaving like a perpetual infant.

Ten steps to $5 trillion: Lesson from RCEP fiasco is that India must execute bold reforms to become...

November 4, 2019 was a sad day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to walk out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations at the eleventh-hour, admitting that India...

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@gurcharandas

6 years

Here's a small tidbit about the goals of life and the cover art of 'Kama: The Riddle of Desire'. You can order the book from !

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Gurcharan Das

@gurcharandas

6 years

I want to thank NUS/India Heritage Centre, and India Club for inviting me to speak on my new book in Singapore. INDIA CLUB SINGAPORE Date: Sunday, 9th December 2018 Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel (392 Havelock Road), Canary room (Level 4) Time: 4:30pm.

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Gurcharan Das

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3 years

Here are some thoughts on economic freedom that might interest you.

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6 years

"Das has created this sense of enchantment, using memory as a device to summon the many forms of desire [thus] entering an imagined world of beauty…. In evoking those moments, Gurcharan Das is a poet-philosopher to be cherished.”

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7 years

Read my latest piece in TOI on Steve Bannon's admiration for the Bhagavad Gita #Dharma

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6 years

"With an astute mind and a keen romantic eye, Gurcharan Das pieces together the riddle of desire to restore some balance as kama continues to oscillate between what he calls kama optimists and kama pessimists.”

An exploration of desire establishes Kama at the root of being human

An exploration of desire establishes that Kama is at the very root of being human

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Gurcharan Das

@gurcharandas

3 years

Some think that getting government and business to trust each other is like getting a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. Here’s my take on it in yesterday's Times of India.

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Owing to Covid travel restrictions, this year’s US backed coup will take place at home. When a nation forgets its one people, you’re in trouble

US, India: Stop the uncivil wars: When a nation forgets it’s one people and institutions weaken,...

Indians didn’t know what to think. They woke up last Thursday in disbelief to shocking scenes of President Donald Trump’s supporters overrunning the US Capitol. The deliberate assault on democracy by...

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Gurcharan Das

@gurcharandas

6 years

"Message to India: We Have to Bring Up Our Boys Differently."

Message to India: We Have to Bring Up Our Boys Differently - The Globalist

That the #MeToo movement has spread to India with such rapidity is a tribute to globalization.

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Gurcharan Das

@gurcharandas

6 years

The Supreme Court’s judgment on homosexuality teaches us to say, in effect: I prefer the opposite sex but I do not object to you preferring the same sex. In a free, civilized country we respect those who differ from us. See Kama: The Riddle of Desire.

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4 years

@sanjeevsanyal @nsitharaman Your dead right, Sanjeev. These are the most important reforms announced by Modi 2.0. Congratulations!

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Gurcharan Das

@gurcharandas

9 years

Our tendency to latch on to bad news is unexcelled, and we tend to miss out on the small victories of the day.

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First tuition fees, now books, uniforms, laptops and internet. But reimbursements continue to be #TooLittleTooLate . How much more burden should private schools bear? Why not give eRUPI directly to parents? To learn more, @msisodia @AnuragKunduAK

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In the Christian tradition, in the beginning was light (in Genesis). In the Rig Veda, in the beginning was kama and the cosmos was created from the seed of desire in the mind of the One.

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Some of you wanted the link for my lecture. It begans at 10.34 minutes on the following link.

3rd Indian Liberals Annual Lecture | The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal...

The Indian Liberals Project (www.indianliberals.in) is an initiative by the Centre for Civil Society, New Delhi, supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundatio...

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Gurcharan Das

@gurcharandas

3 years

I spoke recently at the Asia Liberty Forum, a virtual gathering of 'libertarians' from 16 Asian countries. There were some new ideas, many old ones in my conversation. If you're interested, you can watch it here.

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