Articles & Essays | Gurcharan Das

"Sleeping in the park is civilisation. First, you need a noisy city. Second, a green, calm spot in a great park"

—India Unbound

"Good intentions are useless without common sense."

—India Grows at Night

There are many articles & essays by Gurcharan Das, which have appeared over the years in anthologies edited by other authors. There are also forewords and introductions to books written by other authors. Given below is a selection. The reader is encouraged to search on the Internet for a specific item if not found here. Alas, there are no links provided. Sorry!

Decolonisation? Yes. Let’s reform our police

Times of India | Published: Thu, 09/22/2022 - 07:32

A story of private success and public failure: Unless it fixes its institutions, India will not become a developed nation in 25 years

Times of India | Published: Wed, 08/24/2022 - 04:57

English-Vinglish, Hindi-Shindi

Times of India | Published: Sun, 06/12/2022 - 16:46

7 lessons from the pandemic: We realised many things, from costs of overused state power to costs of poor quality local data

Times of India | Published: Mon, 04/04/2022 - 02:26

Union Budget: Investment over consumption in 2022

Hindustan Times | Published: Sun, 02/13/2022 - 02:34

Toolkit for the Indian reformer: The farm laws fiasco offers 7 lessons on how to reform in a democracy

Times of India | Published: Tue, 12/07/2021 - 02:39

AI: Branding & billion dollars

Times of India | Published: Mon, 10/11/2021 - 02:43

No nation became prosperous without trust between government and business.

Times of India | Published: Mon, 08/30/2021 - 02:53

Covid and the bureaucracy: India needs modern institutions that are autonomous, accountable and creditworthy

Times of India | Published: Thu, 05/27/2021 - 03:21