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If true, it's a step forward and one that we must appreciate. If we don't respond positively to progressive moves from the Pakistani side, they have no incentive to move forward on issues that concern us. Again, if this is true, it shows that the joint statement that Obama and Modi issued about...

Erdogan is an anomaly, I've met several Turkish people and they all very tasteful. One trashy upstart shouldn't tar a whole nation.

Hi, the ones I can think of are Toronto, UBC, McGill, Queens, Western (earlier called Western Ontario), SFU, McMaster and Calgary; roughly in that order. The three in bold, especially the first two, are the ones most likely to result in high paying careers. McGill is very prestigious overall...

While I dislike the RSS and will be only to happy if they can be cut down to size, they are nothing like the Nazis. Nor does the RSS advocate a 100% hindu nation. There might be some RSS members who make these claims but that isn't their official position. I'd compare the RSS to the Tea Party in...

There does appear to be fair reason to doubt that those onboard were terrorists. We Indians need to learn that crying wolf over these small incidents hurts our case when it comes to the issues the matter. I don't think it's fair to blame the media over this one either. Somebody in the CG was...

Your being way too hasty in you're judgement. The government is doing a lot of good. Not just in terms of legislation, which includes- FDI in insurance, FDI in medical equipment, amendment to land acquisition, the amendments to the environment laws are ready (if you think they're hurting the...

It was extremely insensitive and racist (communalist). Frankly, there should be no excusing this sort of thing. It doesn't matter wether the police officers involved intended to cause offence or not, they cannot brand a community as terrorists if they claim to be a professional police force. The...

Yeah sorry, draft was the wrong choice of word. I meant something along the lines of the government picks what you study (based on your rank in an exam) and which college you study it in. As some of the Chinese members have pointed out, I was wrong on that count as well.

Thanks again! Does the government decide which the best colleges are, and therefore which college gets to pick students first? If the government does decide, is there usually agreement between what the government decides and the public's perception of which colleges are best?

Thanks, I was wrong about this- one more question- do your grades determine what institution (and what discipline you study) you are admitted to?. Is this determined at the level of each institution or is it determined at the province/city/village level? That is, do you apply to individual...

Is what I've written no longer true? It certainly was the strategy when the expansion of higher education began.

Anybody who works in the field of policy and development knows how hard won this miracle has been for China. China's growth will continue well into the future, particularly because the institutional risks that China faces are now far less significant than they were a couple of decades ago. The...

A very interesting book on this subject- http://www.amazon.com/White-Mans-Burden-Efforts-Little-ebook/dp/B000QJLQXU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1420052491&sr=8-2&keywords=william+easterly If you can, check out William Easterly and Jeff Sachs' debates on wether development aid helps or hinders. They...

Agreed. The situation in India is that, apart from sales tax, state governments levy octroi (a tax that states charge for entry of goods into the state), excise duty (like customs duty but at the state level), stamp duty etc for the movement of goods across states. So a guy producing steel in...

Thank you for your insight.

Thanks! You guys have a somewhat different concept of GST. What India has been try to do is to have a unified GST where individual states don't collect excise, octroi etc. The attempt is to facilitate the movement and sale of goods across states, without tax distortions. For this constitutional...

Somewhat off topic: When did Pakistan implement it's GST? How were the provincial governments compensated for the loss of revenue? Was it politically contentious? I'm asking because, as you might know, India has struggled to push through it's GST. At the absolute earliest, we are looking at...

Exactly. If it was a show about slums, filth, magic, body odour, snake charmers, cows, marijuana and 'the eternal wisdom of yoga', they would've based it in India. That's how stereotypes work. To be fair, this is how the entertainment industry works all over the world. You lot are portrayed as...

The poor chap who wrote this lost his head by the time he got to the last paragraph.

Fully agreed. There's this 'look we only need to grow at 9% for 30 years snd we're there' thought process that goes around. There's no recognition that there are sharply diminishing returns to policies that spur development. For China to get to the level of the US, and for India to get to the...