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Minhaz Merchant

Minhaz Merchant is the biographer of Rajiv Gandhi and Aditya Birla and author of The New Clash of Civilizations (Rupa, 2014). He is founder of Sterling Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. which was acquired by the Indian Express group

Latest Articles By Minhaz Merchant

The Global Indian

Minhaz Merchant

The Henley Private Wealth Migration Report 2023, released recently, says the number of wealthy Indians leaving India has actually fallen

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Middle-Class Moment

Minhaz Merchant

According to the omnibus NFHS, 93.3 per cent of Indian households own mobile phones, 67.8 per cent own television sets, 49.7 per cent own two-wheelers, and 7.5 per cent own four-wheelers

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China’s Japanese Syndrome

Minhaz Merchant

China’s exports have long fuelled economic growth but they too are slowing in the face of recessionary demand in the West

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Trillion Dollar Exports

Minhaz Merchant

While China’s total exports are largely merchandise with few services, making it a global factory of everything from electric vehicles (EVs) to children’s toys, India’s export basket is well balanced between goods and services

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Bigger Is Better

Minhaz Merchant

Beijing’s foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin was quick to claim that China still had over 900 million people of working age

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ChatGPT’s Trial By Fire

Minhaz Merchant

Like any innovation, AI chatbots are a work in progress. It’s wise not to be taken in by the hype or be unsettled by the paranoia

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Reshaping Global Power

Minhaz Merchant

The US helped China grow into an economic and technological powerhouse. Instead of driving a wedge between Beijing and Moscow, the US today faces a powerful China-Russia axis that challenges its role as the world’s gendarme

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India’s Infra Push

Minhaz Merchant

The pessimism is ill-founded. Banks have started lending to corporates after a long freeze caused by bloated NPAs, a legacy of the UPA government

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Services Exports Take Off

Minhaz Merchant

India’s manufacturing impetus is aimed not only at boosting exports of goods but at cutting imports of manufactured merchandise that can be made in India. Much of this involves a beneficial transfer of advanced technology as in recent defence and aviation deals. A hybrid manufacturing and services export strategy is best suited to India

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China’s Grey Future

Minhaz Merchant

The economic consequences of an ageing China are grim: as the productive workforce falls, GDP growth will slow

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