Prem Shankar Jha
When will RBI face the truth?
30 Nov 2011
Investors are pulling out of India because they have lost confidence in India’s immediate future, writes veteran economic analyst Prem Shankar Jha
When will RBI face the truth?
30 Nov 2011
Investors are pulling out of India because they have lost confidence in India’s immediate future, writes veteran economic analyst Prem Shankar Jha
When will RBI face the truth?
30 Nov 2011
Investors are pulling out of India because they have lost confidence in India’s immediate future, writes veteran economic analyst Prem Shankar Jha
Why is the Reserve Bank spinning yarns about growth?
05 Sep 2011
The Indian economy is slowing down rapidly, which will continue and probably deepen in the next six months. The most extraordinary feature of this economic scene is the absolute refusal of the government to acknowledge that the Indian economy’s dream growth has ended, writes Prem Shankar Jha.
Why is the Reserve Bank spinning yarns about growth?
05 Sep 2011
The Indian economy is slowing down rapidly, which will continue and probably deepen in the next six months. The most extraordinary feature of this economic scene is the absolute refusal of the government to acknowledge that the Indian economy’s dream growth has ended, writes Prem Shankar Jha.
Time to save Anna’s life
27 Aug 2011
Team Anna came close to frittering away all that it had gained, and jeopardising Anna Hazare's life, over what was a matter of form and not substance. Should anything have happened to Anna, they would have to answer to history for all that would have followed, writes Prem Shankar Jha
Time to save Anna’s life
27 Aug 2011
Team Anna came close to frittering away all that it had gained, and jeopardising Anna Hazare's life, over what was a matter of form and not substance. Should anything have happened to Anna, they would have to answer to history for all that would have followed, writes Prem Shankar Jha
On the edge of catastrophe
17 Aug 2011
If the Lokpal has the power to prosecute, then some other body must have the power to adjudicate. That other body must be totally independent of the Lokpal if justice is not to be turned into a joke. This pre-requisite would be violated if the judiciary is brought under the Lokpal, writes Prem Shankar Jha
The war from which all will lose
14 Jun 2011
The government and the representatives of civil society must stop thinking of each other as adversaries and start treating each other as partners in a common enterprise, advocates Prem Shankar Jha
This is no Saint
09 Jun 2011
Two months ago Anna Hazare won the greatest battle for democracy that the country has seen. But Baba Ramdev seems to be throwing away all the concessions Hazare had wrested from the Indian state. By Prem Shankar Jha
Baluchistan out of the box
31 Jul 2009
If only some of the disapproval of the inclusion of Baluchistan in the joint statement has come from the Congress, the source of the rest is not hard to guess. The prime minister had once again put the Indian security establishment's nose out of joint. By Prem Shankar Jha
Populism runs riot
06 Jul 2009
Under the pretext of stimulating the economy he has presented one of the most populist budgets that the country has ever known. By Prem Shankar Jha
The root of the matter
20 Jun 2009
Nine months after an attempted land grab on the Amarnath pilgrimage route set Kashmir ablaze, the valley is in turmoil once again. This time the cause is personal and heart-rending. By Prem Shankar Jha
They were a great team
18 Jun 2009
The BJP's link with the RSS has now become an obstacle to the acquisition of power and that explains the party's stunning defeat in the 2009 elections. By Prem Shankar Jha
At sea in the economy
07 Mar 2009
The Congress party’s decision to team up with the Trinamul Congress in West Bengal for the coming General Elections cannot fail to give the party a much-needed shot in the arm. By Prem Shankar Jha
A new kind of war
06 Mar 2009
The terorists' real target was Pakistan’s tottering democracy and its seriously endangered civil society. Killing Pakistani cricket, with among the best three teams in the world, is a surrogate for killing the modern nation state that Pakistan yearns to become, says Prem Shankar Jha.
The power struggle within Pakistan
16 Feb 2009
The media-stoked reaction in India to the Mumbai attacks ended by weakening India’s friends and potential allies in Pakistan, says distinguished commentator, Prem Shankar Jha
Fresh start and new dangers
30 Dec 2008
As the new J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah will need to strengthen the peace process in an inclusive manner, without leaving the Hurriyat or the PDP out. Kashmir’s, and possibly the entire subcontinent’s future rests on the shoulders of one young man. By Prem Shankar Jha
Time for a fresh start
08 Oct 2008
The events of the last four months have shown that sidelining the Kashmiri nationalists is not an option. Peace will only be restored in Kashmir, and between Pakistan and India, when they, and the 40 per cent of the valley that has always boycotted the elections since 1987, rejoin the political process, says Prem Shankar Jha
The real winners
02 Sep 2008
The settlement of the Amarnath land issue frustrates the commercial interests of those who wanted to grab land for investing in hotels and other commercial enterprises. By Prem Shankar Jha
How India lost the Kashmiris
30 Aug 2008
With the prime minister determined to maintain his vow of silence, with the home ministry determined to negotiate with criminals in Jammu, while it shoots their victims in Kashmir, only the absurdly optimistic can believe that the Kashmir movement will fizzle out when the curfew is lifted. By Prem Shankar Jha
A ray of hope
20 Aug 2008
If the centre does not demonstrably break the blockade imposed by Jammu against Kashmir, then India will forever forfeit its claim to the allegiance of the Kashmiris. By Prem Shankar Jha
History revisited
14 Aug 2008
There has not been a single call for secession in the valley since the current agitation in Kashmir began. But this may not remain true if the violence continues to grow. By Prem Shankar Jha
Nobody's Friend
17 May 2008
India’s war against terror has only just begun. But the security forces cannot fight it on their own. If the political leaders of our country, and the public, "do their part", we will find ourselves losing it, says distinguished commentator Prem Shankar Jha
Adding insult to injury
19 Apr 2008
The call for Rahul Gandhi to be named prime minister is a continuation of the efforts to undermine Dr Manmohan Singh that started with the ouster of foreign minister Natwar Singh and had ended, till recently, with the scuttling of the Indo-Us nuclear deal. By Prem Shankar Jha