The Faustian bargain we have struck with "godless" secularism -- my latest Mint column (31 December 2018).

My latest Mint column may be found here:

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/N59ADQI3Y0EUOtU9FU4EYK/Opinion-The-Faustian-bargain-we-have-struck-with-godless-s.html

A fuller version of the essay may be fond here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/59zr7ccqiqwnzns/Faustian%20bargains.pdf?dl=0

I speak to the Financial Times on new, meddlesome government rules that will affect e-commerce giants in India.

https://www.ft.com/content/0c65e79e-0996-11e9-9fe8-acdb36967cfc

I speak to the FT on the "arms race" in competitive populism in India in the lead up to the next election.

https://www.ft.com/content/cf76e7f4-034e-11e9-99df-6183d3002ee1

One of the government’s genuine reforms, the Monetary Policy Framework, a key plank of the RBI’s functional autonomy, is being frittered away before our very eyes, I argue in my latest Mint column.

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/2OOnxZamKP3ZEJtoB9xotN/Opinion--Watching-a-tragedy-unfold.html

I speak to The Economist about the ouster of Urjit Patel as RBI governor.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/12/15/urjit-patel-the-head-of-the-reserve-bank-of-india-resigns

I speak to @jslaternyc @washingtonpost on the unseemly politics around the departure of Urjit Patel as RGI Governor and what it portends for the future (nothing good).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/12/12/whats-behind-potentially-catastrophic-fight-indias-central-bank/?utm_term=.55727a25ec5b

I write in Nikkei Asian Review (12 December 2018) on how the ouster of the Indian central bank chief presages the end of liberal economics in Mod's India.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Central-bank-chief-s-exit-signals-decline-of-liberal-economics-in-Modi-s-India

I am quoted variously on the goings on at the RBI.

https://theprint.in/talk-point/urjit-patel-quits-cry-for-rbi-autonomy-or-inability-to-work-with-modi-govt-on-economy/161571/

https://www.financialexpress.com/market/urjit-patel-exit-adds-to-indias-risk-as-pm-modi-gears-up-for-vote/1410000/

https://www.ft.com/content/ec24e1c8-fcf3-11e8-aebf-99e208d3e521

I speak to @FT on the imminent crisis of widespread ATM shutdown in India.

https://www.ft.com/content/85dc6612-ef05-11e8-89c8-d36339d835c0

Where James Dean and I argue that "America First" damages American hegemony, writing in the Mint.

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/l6zKPcJKwU9sJRnulyLBQM/Opinion--America-First-hastens-the-demise-of-US-hegemony.html