Omkar Goswami

A bird's eye view of India's long history

From the making of the Indian landscape to the reign of Narendra Modi, A New History is a single volume historical account where sound scholarship is interwoven with state-of-the-art photographs

Union Budget 2023-24: Visions of sense and sensibility

In a very difficult global scenario, India needs to grow by 6-6.5 per cent in real terms in 2023-24

Amartya Sen's memoir, Home in the World, presents the peripatetic thinker

The Nobel Prize-winning economist has combined pure memoir with chapters on fundamental philosophical, political or economic issues

UP: Covid outlier or data fudger?

The test-positivity indicator stron­gly suggests that UP has been fudging the Covid data

It's getting better over time: FM cuts Budget speech short this year

There has been less fudging with the revised estimates (RE) of 2020-21.

Book review: William Dalrymple's The Anarchy is a thoroughly enjoyable read

Historians may find gaps in it, but William Dalrymple's ambitious history of the East India Company is worth investing in, finds Omkar Goswami

May's drubbing and Brexit's fate

It is Britain's worst political mess. Theresa May is an embarrassment; Jeremy Corbyn is self-serving; over a third of the Tory MPs want to shaft their PM

Hardly 'personal'; wholly 'institutional'

With Urjit Patel's sudden resignation, we may see the end of the era of the RBI's operational independence, and a resurgence of greater interference from the central government

The rise and rise of East India Company

The most fascinating chapter of this book is the Company's response to the Amboyna massacre

Opportunity lost; Budget 2018 falls short of expectations: Omkar Goswami

Was expecting some tough post-demonetisation actions to be announced against personal income tax evaders, says author

Omkar Goswami: Brexit is a pyrrhic victory

Britain's gains from being in the European Union significantly exceeded its losses. Withdrawal from the group will trigger several negative outcomes for the country

Omkar Goswami: The best news - Bereft of heroics

Perhaps the best praise for Jaitley and this Budget is his concern for fiscal prudence

Omkar Goswami: Why Fed's Janet Yellen will... and soon

All evidence suggests that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon. What must India do?

Omkar Goswami: What China's market crash means for India

India is a fairly stable economy; so the boat will rock, but won't overturn. If all goes well, India should achieve 7.5 per cent GDP growth in 2015-16

Omkar Goswami: When 'bad banks' work; when they don't

India's asset reconstruction companies are, at best, sideshows. Don't expect them to be white knights saving banks from their huge NPAs

Omkar Goswami: Why Grentry augured Grexit

With the Greeks voting "No", the country's exit from euro zone seems inescapable. Yet, it was inevitable long before the latest drama

Omkar Goswami: MDC - The 'total cat'

Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri, MDC to his students, was beyond compare - the stuff of tales and legends at the Delhi School of Economics. He was also a good intuitive economist

Omkar Goswami: Budget - Excellent, yet tough

The Budget is excellent in terms of direction. But it is tough and needs systematically careful execution

Omkar Goswami: Broken beyond repair

Hurriedly legislated by the UPA-II, the Companies Act, 2013, is fatally flawed. Salvation lies in redrafting it, removing excess rule-making and making it fit for our times

Omkar Goswami: Ratan and remaking Bombay House

Ratan Tata created today?s Tata group. That's the plain truth. Hats off to that