Aditya Chakrabortty
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Pogrom haunts Modi’s rise
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi could be India’s next prime minister, but he is far from being Mr Clean.
Mainstream economics teaches students to cause recessions
Despite causing the crash, the high priests of economics have never faced retribution and the same flawed theories are still taught in universities.
Olympics: Ceremony an ode to UK decline
The overt nostalgia of the Olympic opening ceremony fits the theory that economic atrophy leads to an obsession with the past says Aditya Chakraborty.
A metaphor for modern London
The Shard is emblematic of how the city’s real estate is becoming too exclusive for locals, writes Aditya Chakrabortty.
A sinking ship, brace for a tough 2012
Every week brought more dire forecasts in the battle to save Europe’s economic club but 2012 will be its worst year yet.
Hanging out with India’s first real teenagers
They gather in malls, armed with money and mobiles. They’re India’s latest phenomenon — the subcontinent’s first generation of real teenagers
What’s bad for GM is good for the world
The official line is that GM is not dead, it’s just regrouping.