Talk:Raghuram Rajan

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Meaning of ethnic identifier in introductory line of article?
Been monitoring this page for a couple years now, and only recently noticed the addition of "Tamil" as an identifier following Dr. Rajan's citizenship. The tag is cited, and is a known public fact. Still, couldn't help but wonder as to its relevance meriting its addition to the introductory line.

To make things worse, its appearance breaks the flow of the sentence by adding pointless verbosity to it. Note that ethnic identifiers have been absent from the vast majority of articles about political economists, public figures in macroeconomics, or any other professional categories Dr. Rajan happens to fall under. We don't refer to Alan Greenspan as an 'American Jew' economist, why should Rajan be treated any differently? Would recommend removal if no valid reason for it to be placed in the introductory line is given. Club-sandwich (talk) 04:56, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Add a review of Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy
Add a review of Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66951/raghuram-g-rajan-mathias-dewatripontjean-charles-rochetjean-tiro/fault-lines-how-hidden-fractures-still-threaten- from Foreign Affairs 99.56.121.149 (talk) 06:37, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Why? If Rajan is editor, it might be appropriate, but that's not the way the description reads in the review.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 08:34, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Is editor of what? 99.112.215.224 (talk) 17:40, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Is the editor of the book. If he's a contributor, or even an editor, then a review of the book doesn't reflect on him.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 01:11, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Rajan is the author of the book Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy. Read the references.  108.73.112.139 (talk) 01:45, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Not according to amazon.com. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 09:57, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * My mistake. I don't know why we shouldn't add reviews, such as http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/sep/30/slump-goes-why/ (New York Review of Books).  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 10:12, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you read Fault Lines instead of second-hand info? Invest in the future of the USA, education below University level, or don't you have kids?  216.250.156.66 (talk) 19:20, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I haven't read it, but the thesis (as described in the reviews) is inconsistent with common sense. However, common sense has no part in Wikipedia, so that's irrelevant.  In general, reviews of the book would be appropriate in the article if the book is one of his major works.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 19:56, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

User:Arthur Rubin please do not knowingly write irrelevant comments. Common sense is not an objective universal concept, but essentially meaningless; in this case, a likely an abuse attempt by Special:Contributions/Arthur_Rubin. Good point Special:Contributions/216.250.156.66. Please focus on improving the articles and the entire intra-connected collection, enlightening the "Admin" is not a productive goal here, please do not write in response to goading or taunting by this User (= Arthur Rubin?) and focus on creation. Just some unsolicited comments. ;-) 99.181.146.135 (talk) 02:02, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * My comment is irrelevant only because yours is. Nonetheless, since I made a mistake in not noting that Rajan is the author of the book in question, I reiterate that reviews of the book, including those which note that the book has no basis in fact, could be added.  The review has to be from a notable or reliable source, as is that in the New York Review of Books.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 09:52, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Does your no basis in fact have a reference, or more wp:or from AR? 99.181.140.94 (talk) 17:26, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you read the New York Review of Books review? — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 17:33, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Could you provide a link? 209.255.78.138 (talk) 19:47, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Is this The New York Review of Books review you mention; http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/oct/14/way-out-slump/ ? 209.255.78.138 (talk) 19:06, 7 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Have you, Arthur Rubin, read the Review? 99.181.155.158 (talk) 05:00, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I've read it. I think it's absurd as a review, but we're forced to accept it as a reliable source about the book.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 08:09, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

American?
On a matter of detail, what is Rajan's nationality? The page calls him an "American economist", and there has been some online debate about him being "American". If this is the case (i.e. being a US citizen), could he be possible for him to be appointed to the Governorship of the Reserve Bank of India? I think not....

Just querying so that there could be some clarity on this.
 * This is not a forum to discuss matters about the subject. If there is any reliable source which speaks about the matter, present it, and we can have a discussion on that. Good day. MikeLynch (talk) 04:48, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Rajan is a citizen of India. There is a link a footnote about it. It's simply misinformed people who say he isn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cantowoven (talk • contribs) 19:07, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Rajan is no longer a citizen of India. While there is no acknowledgement by him as such, there have been comments about him by many politicians in India including Narendra Modi. The source quoted in Reference #1 (http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2005/010705.htm) is from 2005. He became US Citizen in between 2005 and 2013. It is very easy to revert the changes on Wikipedia without giving any thought or commonsense. I will not engage in revert war but It is wrong information that he is Indian citizen.

Some people edit the Wiki pages without full knowledge of the facts. Some people editing this are not even aware that it is possible to become a citizen of another country. Neither India nor USA allow dual citizenship, so saying that he is a citizen of India and USA both - is also wrong.

The following newspaper sources confirm that he is a US Citizen. http://www.niticentral.com/2013/08/09/what-will-raghuram-rajan-do-116164.html http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=35098

Besides, he is also on leave from his job as a professor in USA. He can take an extended leave from a job in USA only if he is a US Citizen. He would face residency and work requirements if he was on a Visa or Green Card to USA - just another proof that he is a US Citizen.

You are a quoting a 2005 source of his citizenship and you clearly do not understand that it is possible to change citizenships.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Hankspanks (talk • contribs) 18:04, 10 September 2013 (UTC)

The source quoted for his Citizenship is from 2005 and is outdated. He became a US Citizen in 2007. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hankspanks (talk • contribs) 17:54, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

He is an Indian Citizen http://www.thehindu.com/business/i-am-an-indian-citizen-raghuram-rajan/article5286188.ece175.100.148.6 (talk) 13:49, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

US Federal Reserve and in Sweden?
He was also on the US Federal Reserve board and in Sweden. There is some controversy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 113.193.35.67 (talk) 17:09, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Name in Tamil Language?
I don't know why you guys adding his name in Tamil. Is he really from Tamil origin. Please discuss here and then add the information to the article. --  L o g     X   21:22, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Per WP:INDICSCRIPT, vernacular scripts are not allowed in the lead of biographical articles. I hadn't heard of Mr. Rajan until a few days ago when I randomly edited the article, but I am aware of India's ethnic and cultural diversity.  Consequently, there is a natural tendency for editors from one group to claim a particular individual as one of their own and highlight their ethnic and cultural heritage.  In this instance, the citation for the inclusion of "Tamil," a NY Times interview is attempting to do just that, first calling Mr. Chidambaram, "Pall**** Chidambaram," which I imagine would be disrespectful to someone with a traditional Tamil name, and then looking for a lame "Barbara Walters" moment.  That, however, didn't happen.  Mr Rajan clearly didn't seem to make much of the Tamil connection, in fact highlighted his Hindi acumen instead.  To cut a long story short.  No scripts in the lead. I suspect editors will insert it from time to time; those who maintain the page can remove it citing "WP:INDICSCRIPT" in the edit summary.   Fowler&amp;fowler  «Talk»  12:38, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

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Lead section
The lead section needs some work. Some of the material can be moved to "Career" section and a new section "Early life" should be created. - Ken fyre (talk) 07:29, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

Chirag Premal
Chirag shahi is a Owner of largest hotel chain in india. He owns many luxury cars like porche benetely hummer. He did his schoolong from mount caremeal scholl ahedabad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chirag1010 (talk • contribs) 11:06, 13 February 2016 (UTC)

Use Infobox economist
I believe we should use this template instead of current one that misrepresents data. Any contests / issues with that ? Please provide views here. I will change the infobox tomorrow or day after and will port existing template information into the same as best fit Devopam (talk) 11:06, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 February 2017
The first reference has this line - "I held an Indian diplomatic passport when my father was in the foreign service and whenjfydydufjryd I travelled on behalf of the Ministry of Finance.I have never applied for the citizenship of another country.". You can see that some letters are added after "when". Nlvraghavendra (talk) 22:15, 21 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Thanks for catching that, must have been in there for a while. Pishcal (talk) 23:08, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

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