The largely bazaar origins of Indian businessmen explains their poor record at manufacturing innovativeness. »

Cows may be sacred, but are not the preferred choice of farmers today. »

Any sugar decontrol plan restricted to just ‘sugar' would be a sham. »

Indians are lacto-vegetarians, at best, and definitely not vegans. »

Roping in private players for official procurement operations can probably do more for building agri-backend infrastructure than FDI in retail. »

Thanks to the rate hikes, the coming months could see an aggravation of the slowdown on account of further weakening of consumption and investment demand. »

Farmers have a different take from NGOs on weedicide-resistant cotton. »

The recent period, contrary to popular perception, has not been all that bad for the farm sector. Sustaining this apparent recovery, however, may not be easy. »

Agrarian activism has lost its bite despite India's farm sector being in crisis mode. With agriculture no longer viewed as a conduit for upward mobility, the nature of farmers' demands has changed to seeking options outside of agriculture. »

India's weak mineral resource base could derail its growth ambitions. Addressing the problem requires strategic vision and even a rethink of many foreign policy assumptions of the 1990s. »