FDI should not be attracted willy-nilly. There are sectors where investment has been minimal, and where there could be large opportunities.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:37 IST
There is a lot of hand-wringing about whether foreign direct investment should be welcomed by India: the spectre of the East India Company and rapacious westerners still haunts us.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:04 IST
Computers are terrific at processing symbols, but not that good when it comes to figuring out their context. But a new program shows what’s possible.
Section: Analysis | Sunday, March 13, 2011 2:15 IST
Several companies are coming out with software to dominate mobile computing, but there is room for only three.
Section: Analysis | Sunday, February 20, 2011 2:24 IST
A spontaneous movement of neutral, patriotic, non-professional citizen journalists and commentators on the Internet, the Twitterati, is rewriting norms for the media.
Section: Analysis | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 2:56 IST
India is turning into a banana republic. Not only politicians, but also the media, the judiciary and the armed forces are being drawn into this web of kickbacks and payoffs.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, December 28, 2010 3:37 IST
Our initial response to the Meera Shankar patdown was to keep things quiet. Our own rules are replete with exceptions on who can’t be frisked — including a private citizen called Robert Vadra.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, December 14, 2010 2:42 IST
India has a knack of aligning with declining powers; first USSR and now the US. Instead of playing second fiddle to the US, India should aspire to be one of the three great powers.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 3:26 IST
The US president has made a hash of almost everything, including his war in Afghanistan. He may want India to give in on J&K. Dear Manmohan, beware.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, November 2, 2010 2:50 IST
The CWG may have been a moderate success, but the money wasted in holding it tells us why we have the worst of both worlds: high corruption and high inefficiency. Jugaad is not worth it.
Section: Analysis | Tuesday, October 19, 2010 0:59 IST
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