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A supporter of Narendra Modi holds up a mask of the Hindu nationalist.

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.

The South African bond market was subdued on Monday morning

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.

Actors perform in a sequence meant to represent Britain’s National Health Service during the 1950s at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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.

New view of an old city: The 72-storey Shard building

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.