One of the first things that the government can do is increase passenger fares as proposed in the 2012-13 Railway Budget by Dinesh Trivedi

There is a view that had these reforms come earlier, even last year, FDI in aviation and multi-brand retail would have come in far quicker than now expected

The finance minister can start tackling the fiscal deficit by ruthlessly cutting down revenue subsidies which do not benefit the poor

Thursday’s bandh once again emphasises that symbols, shouts and fraudulent boasts have come to matter more than substance in India’s public life