The storm over the entry of big retail seems to have blown over for the time being. As the dust settles down, and parliament returns to its normal chores, the battleground shifts to the media. Suddenly newspapers are flooded with articles and interviews that decry the political ‘blackmail’ putting the controversial decision on hold. Screaming [...]

Nano-technology is no more a concept that is confined to research labs; it is helping revive  Puttenahalli Lake, JP Nagar,  which was dying until four years ago. Introducing Nano-Nutrient Solution (NNS) in the lake on a trial basis yielded impressive results. Buoyed by the result, the authorities are planning to use NNS to the hilt [...]

A young economist, or an economics journalist interested in what the young are working on, could do a lot worse than reading through, as I did the other day, 55 very short papers written by distinguished economists describing the large questions they think are likely to dominate the next generation of research in their respective [...]