Maitreesh Ghatak – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion: Please, Let's Call A Lynching A Lynching

Maitreesh Ghatak | Wednesday July 05, 2017

No violent act is justified, whatever may be the underlying factors, and we must treat a murder as a murder, a terrorist attack as a terrorist attack, a lynching as a lynching, and a riot as a riot, irrespective of the identities of the victim and the perpetrator.

Opinion: IT Lay-Offs Reveal The Dangers That Lie Beneath

Maitreesh Ghatak | Thursday May 18, 2017

According to news reports, the top seven IT companies, which together employ 1.24 million people, will cut their workforce by 4.5% in 2017. In the last few weeks itself, thousands of IT workers have been laid off.

Opinion: What New Spend On MGNREGA Exposes About Notes Ban

Maitreesh Ghatak | Wednesday February 01, 2017

Whether demonetization will eliminate the shadow economy remains unclear but it has definitely cast a long shadow on the government's budget and the discussions surrounding it.

Opinion: Notes Ban Beats Modi's Holograms As Campaign Gold

Maitreesh Ghatak | Tuesday November 22, 2016

Being a four-term Chief Minister of Gujarat was no fluke, nor was winning the 2014 elections by an absolute majority. The campaign for the 2019 election has begun.

Opinion: "Mann Ki Baat" Or "Ban Ki Baat"? Government Must Back Off

Maitreesh Ghatak | Wednesday August 31, 2016

It seems that from beef to booze and from books to babies through surrogacy, lately our government (both at the central and state levels) is engaging more in ''ban ki baat", as opposed to "mann ki baat" with its citizens.

Opinion: Is India Ready For A Universal Basic Income Scheme?

Maitreesh Ghatak | Friday August 26, 2016

The main attraction of the UBI is that it bypasses the selection problem altogether by making the transfer universal.

Opinion: Congrats, Britain, You've Likely Voted For A Recession

Maitreesh Ghatak | Friday June 24, 2016

The British voters voted, by a margin of 52% to 48%, for the exit from the EU, referred to as Brexit. Thanks to the referendum, we will be witnessing the unique phenomenon of an electorally engineered recession in a major economy.

Opinion: What Brexit Means To Indians In The UK

Maitreesh Ghatak | Wednesday June 22, 2016

The challenge is to reform and revitalize the welfare state in the era of globalization, and put as much emphasis on enabling the poorer sections of the population from taking advantage of the opportunities that globalization offers as with attracting trade and investment. The answer lies in Fixit, not Brexit.

Opinion: To Recover, The Left Should Use Arvind Kejriwal's Strategy

Maitreesh Ghatak | Monday May 23, 2016

To resurrect itself, the Left has to come up with a brand of politics that is centred around the concerns of the millions of those who are in the informal sector (like AAP did in Delhi) and concrete welfare schemes for the poor that can compete with TMC's policies. Otherwise, there will be nothing left of it.