Sanjaya Baru

I have been visiting China since 1995.

— Sanjaya Baru

I think many people grow on the job.

— Sanjaya Baru

Like war, economics is more an art than a science.

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Adversity is the mother of enterprise.

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David Cameron is no Margaret Thatcher.

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India is a complex country.

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Many people in public life are not good campaigners.

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“I am aware of the risks, but for India’s sake, I am willing to take those risks.”

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Rajiv Gandhi could have certainly attempted to form a Congress-led coalition government in 1990.

— Sanjaya Baru

Indian politics has a way of taking a curious turn and surprising the wisest of pundits.

— Sanjaya Baru

“Victor Hugo: ‘No power on Earth can stop an idea whose time has come.”

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It is inconceivable that the rise of Asia could happen without the rise of the Indian subcontinent.

— Sanjaya Baru

Any sustained rise in the price of oil will hit the Indian economy hard.

— Sanjaya Baru

Wen Jiabao and Hu Jintao put together are no Deng Xiaoping.

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Ups and downs are par for the course and very much a feature of the Indian growth process.

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While ideological blinkers blind one to change that one does not wish to see, statistics and opinion surveys, too, have their limitations…

— Sanjaya Baru

The role of the media in economic management is not often recognised even by professional economists. Politicians, however, ignore this at their…

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For China, the GCC countries have emerged as a major market for Chinese manufactured goods and food exports.

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Like wildebeest and zebra migration across the Serengeti, investment managers and consultants, too, have a habit of running together and, every now…

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Continent-wide nations require continent-wide leaders whenever they are in crisis. The 'idea of Europe,' much like the 'idea of India' was the…

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“Politics is about power and patronage, and ministerial positions are won not just on the basis of competence but also in recognition…

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As Asia's rising powers seek to sustain growth and ensure stability, energy security has moved to the forefront of Asian geopolitics.

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If the World Bank does not alter its shareholding structure to reflect the shifts in global distribution of income and economic power,…

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“On one such occasion, when Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik, then an ally of the BJP, called on him and sought a…

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Given the stake that both the U.S. and Europe have in stabilising and sustaining global growth, their policies should be aimed at…

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All economically well-off nations have used what has been dubbed 'cheque-book diplomacy,' and China does so, too. Apart from funding government-to-government lending,…

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While the World Bank is an inter-governmental institution, drawing its funds from member governments and run by a board of directors nominated…

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If development is defined in social and economic terms while Hindutva is defined in cultural terms, it should be possible for the…

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“One of his favourite couplets, by the poet Muzaffar Razmi, which he quoted on more than one occasion, in Parliament and to…

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I think the government lost control over fiscal policy in UPA-2. But it is possible to suggest that the momentum of the…

— Sanjaya Baru

The new era of bottom-up politics has had politically paradoxical consequences in China. While it has made the system of governance more…

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“Dr Singh’s general attitude towards corruption in public life, which he adopted through his career in government, seemed to me to be…

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“Expectations shape outcomes in a world of uncertainty. Expectations about the economy end up being self-fulfilling prophecies. If you expect tomorrow to…

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“When I would suggest a minister’s name for a better portfolio or an elevation in rank he would, every now and then,…

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“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to…

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“But his opinion that Sonia should enter politics was also based on his conviction that without a Nehru-Gandhi family member at the…

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“Ostensibly, the most important governance reform was supposed to be the Right to Information (RTI) Act that aimed to impose greater accountability…

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“Political analysts and reporters who skimmed the surface only saw Dr Singh as ‘Sonia’s puppet’. Those who had a deeper knowledge of…

— Sanjaya Baru

Angela Merkel is no Konrad Adenauer or Helmut Schmidt.

— Sanjaya Baru

Public universities are the lifeblood of modern democracies.

— Sanjaya Baru