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Jan Lokpal Bill Movement: Lessons For India's Middle & Ruling Classes

`Supercop' Kiran Bedi learnt the hard way (or so we hope) how not to hold…

Business No Longer As Usual

My Singapore-based economist friend put the whole corruption issue in an ec…

The Devil That Is Corruption

The devil is in the detail, goes the old but appropriate cliche. It could apply…

The Zone

I was watching Indian captain MS Dhoni's eyes when he hit the sixer that …

My Way Or No Way

(Daily Mail pic showing former British PM Gordon Brown) In India, this is so…

Buffett Lesson: Unite In Philanthropy

Warren Buffett came to India. The closest I came to him is when my aircraft pas…

The Real Fear Of Flying

I have been mostly on the road for the last three weeks. Which means catching f…

The Forgotten Debates On Nuclear Power: Circa 2007

Three years ago, I wrote two articles for the Business Standard newspaper. The…

Can Social Media Survive ?

Well that's the question many have asked already. The problem is not in s…

The 1 Cee R Club

This morning's papers tell me that the residents of Chandigarh  are willing…

Why I Worry About Food Channels

A confession. This is less about a mid-day chef shootout amidst howling spectat…

The Bollywood Formula Guide To Understanding Union Budgets

This one failed to deliver a Big Idea. Most annual  Budget exercises in India  …

Invest Here Or The French Alps: Can Union Budget 2011 Fix ?

Ms Artha Property Real Estate  Services has today advertised luxury apartments …

What If Oil Hits $200

I remember asking then Finance Minister  and now Union Home Minister P Chidamba…

What The PM Should Have Done

I read, from the weekend newspapers, that a 90-minute interaction between the p…

Indian Venture Capital: Funding The Billions

Luis Miranda, presently Chairman of IDFC Equity and Sumir Chadha, presently MD …

Financial Inclusion Begins @Home

Out of personal curiousity and professional interest, I am constantly in conver…

China Beats India On Black Money And Yet..

An economist from Washington-based think tank Global Financial Integrity (GFI) …

China Railway Comes Closer, To India

Three months ago, I argued in an article that China's railway lines were i…

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