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Articles by Sanjoy Narayan
To tide over the energy crisis, look to the sun
Barely 12% of India’s power generating capacity is from renewable sources. With the adoption of modern technology for generation, storage and distribution, this can be greatly increased, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Sep 14, 2014 10:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
Right on the money: Fundings a major factor in Maharashtra polls
The Congress-NCP alliance has been the main beneficiary of the funds that the state’s co-operatives, industries, traders and the realty business contribute to the political kitty, writes Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Sep 09, 2014 11:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
Use and reuse: the real zero effect economy
PM Modi has a knack for coining catchy slogans. But the one that struck a new chord was his call to entrepreneurs to adopt a ‘zero defect, zero effect’ mantra, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Aug 24, 2014 11:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
As BJP reinvents itself, Congress still remains the grand old party
While the Congress faces an existential problem over leadership, the BJP has scripted a change with a new chief who’s inducting a young members into his core team, writes Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Sep 09, 2014 11:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
Young, conservative, traditional: Here's India's gen-next
In this year’s HT-MaRS Indian Youth Survey, conducted among 5,214 middle and upper middle class youth (equal numbers men and women; ages 18-25) in 15 top Indian cities, the conservatives outweigh the deviants – by a big margin. Sanjoy Narayan writes.
Updated on Sep 03, 2015 07:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
The fast and the furious, the few and far between
A democratic government’s job is only partly about running ministries and departments; the other part is about making laws and running parliament efficiently. There the NDA government has started with a few hiccups, writes Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Jul 27, 2014 03:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
First smarten our cities, then build smart ones
India’s cities are a shameful mess: the big, older ones, the small ones and even the fledgling new ones. Far from being anywhere near smart, our cities are rather dumb. The future could be bleaker, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Aug 27, 2014 01:39 AM IST
Budget 2014: A few smaller bangs would have been better
The NDA has got a strong mandate and this was clearly an opportunity for it to do a bit of grand-standing: announce one really big thing or two and, in return, reap the benefits of making it a memorable budget, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Jul 13, 2014 12:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
When it’s too early to retire from the fray
It’s not math but merit that ought to decide whether someone makes it to the top. That’s also why it may be time to revisit the retirement age for India’s civil servants, writes editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Jun 28, 2014 11:06 PM IST
How Akhilesh Yadav, young CM of hope, lost his chance
Uttar Pradesh has India’s highest incidence of violent crimes, accounting for 12.3% of the total reported incidents and in the past two years, the numbers have increased. HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan writes.
Updated on Jun 22, 2014 01:34 PM IST
A lesson PM Narendra Modi could learn from China
PM Narendra Modi hopes India can compete with China by emulating the 3 Ss (skill, scale and speed) that its neighbour has used but he should have added a 4th S: sustainability, writes Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Jun 23, 2014 06:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
A way for the Congress to come out of the shadow
The UPA will have to be rather creative if it wants to play a meaningful role in the new Lok Sabha. Instead of an obstructionist role, it could think of playing a more strategic one, writes Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Jun 01, 2014 11:50 AM IST
Some low-hanging fruit for Modi, but fixing economy won't be easy
Next week after his swearing-in ceremony is over, when India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets down to the business of governing, the economy will doubtless be high up on his list of priorities. Will he be able to deliver? Sanjoy Narayan writes.
Updated on Jun 24, 2014 01:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan, New Delhi
It cannot be all in the family for the Congress
Congressmen say that the Gandhis are the cohesive factor that holds the Congress together, pointing to the years between 1992 and 1998, when the Congress, then headed by people not from the Nehru-Gandhi family, faced disintegration, writes Hindustan Times editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on May 19, 2014 10:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
Pray for rains: How next govt's work depends on monsoon
Once the remaining two phases of India’s elections are over and the results are declared, the first thing on the agenda should be to get down on their knees and pray to the rain gods, writes Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on May 05, 2014 01:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
The BJP has changed the election campaign paradigm
How successful Narendra Modi’s singular campaign is will be known less than three weeks from now, but the contrast between his and the Congress’ campaign couldn’t be starker, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Apr 27, 2014 08:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
Forget the manifestos, what about reviving the economy
Whoever comes to power will inherit an economy that needs far more than tall promises or grandiose ideas. The BJP and Congress manifestos have been disappointing. What will have to be watched is the next Union budget, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Apr 15, 2014 03:56 PM IST
This election, UP is anything but an open and shut case
Opinion polls sometimes go horribly wrong but there’s no disputing the fact that how it does in UP will crucially determine whether the BJP gets to win the right to form the next government, writes Hindustan Times editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan. Full coverage:My India my vote
Updated on Apr 08, 2014 12:20 PM IST
The issue elections forgot: creating jobs for the young
Nearly a third of Indians, or 350 million, are 15-29 years old. Jobless growth is a time bomb, particularly in India, where young people greatly outnumber the old, writes HT Editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Mar 31, 2014 10:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
The BJP and Modi are ahead, but it's not over till it's over
Everybody is predicting a debacle for the Congress. But should it get anything above 100 seats the grand old party will remain a threat to the BJP’s grand ambitions. As they say, in politics, as in cricket, anything can happen, writes HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Mar 16, 2014 06:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
Is AAP the real NOTA in the coming polls?
You can be among those who love AAP. Or among the ones who dismiss it as a gimmick. But no matter which of those groups you belong to, it’s difficult to mistrust AAP. Or doubt Kejriwal’s honesty, Hindustan Times editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan writes.
Updated on Mar 09, 2014 04:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan, New Delhi
Behave, please: how lawless MPs, MLAs hurt democracy
Our MPs and MLAs should tell people they are sorry for abusing the trust reposed in them, writes Hindustan Times' editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan. Poll: Should lawmakers who disrupt Parliament/legislatures be sacked?
Updated on Feb 24, 2014 01:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan, New Delhi
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief, Hindustan Times, Sanjoy Narayan
In the 10 years since Brunch was born in 2004, there has been more change in India than in the first 10 years after liberalisation and the opening up of the Indian economy in 1991. In many ways, Brunch has been a reflector of these changes, spotting, chronicling and putting the spotlight on these trends of change.
Updated on Feb 22, 2014 09:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
People wanted good governance from AAP, not midnight raids
Even before he ended his own government’s barely seven-week tenure, Kejriwal may have lost another constituency that voted for his party last year: the middle class. Hindustan Times editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan writes.
Updated on Feb 23, 2014 11:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
Young, angry and jobless: the looming danger India can't see
If the surge in mass movements such as the protests against corruption or even the surprising rise of a rookie party such as AAP are any evidence, the more populous part of this social inequation is ticking away like a bomb that is about to go off, writes Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Feb 23, 2014 11:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan, New Delhi
Rahul Gandhi should stick to running the Congress party
The Congress has done a wise thing by not naming its vice-president Rahul Gandhi as a prime ministerial candidate in the coming general elections. Gandhi is taking too much time to evolve into a less-reluctant and more decisive leader, says HT editor-in-chief Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Feb 23, 2014 11:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan
Aam Aadmi Party has brought a new brand of politics
It has all the inbuilt elements for self-destruction. But this peculiar and fascinating creature called the Aam Aadmi Party will, hopefully, overcome its inherent flaws and go the whole nine yards, writes Sanjoy Narayan.
Updated on Jan 18, 2014 01:26 AM IST
HT brings you real news, not 'paid news'
Hindustan Times does not believe in "paid news". Our news is news, got by the hard work of our network of journalists across the country.
Updated on Feb 02, 2013 12:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan, Editor-in-chief, New Delhi
Ten years of inspiring change: It's time for action
Crises and deadlocks, when they occur, have at least this advantage: they force us to think. The 10th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit this year will focus on bringing together thought leaders from around the world to debate what India needs to do next. Looking back | What's next
Updated on Nov 16, 2012 09:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sanjoy Narayan, New Delhi
Hindustan Times-C fore Top School Survey: From the Editor-in-Chief
We are happy to bring to you the fourth annual Hindustan Times-C fore Top School Survey 2012. The survey, a much awaited exercise every year, is conducted for Delhi and the National Capital Region with the objective of helping parents negotiate the maze-like, and somewhat confounding, process of choosing, applying and attempting to get their wards admitted to schools in the area.
Updated on Sep 03, 2012 12:31 AM IST
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