Why sack 100,000 people when just one will do?If neta-babu meddling is responsible for ruining the companies, how can their committees address the core issues bedevilling the public sector? It’s like asking the fox to guard the hen-pen.
March 13, 2010
The ‘Hurt’ LockerYour licence to print money is effectively cancelled every five years and you have to bid again, possibly under benami names.
March 10, 2010
How economics will drive women powerThe opportunity cost of not working is rising for women as never before.
March 7, 2010
Making equal musicMost gender equality schemes are devised by men in a patriarchal society who are driven by guilt on how women have been treated in the past.
March 3, 2010
Buy stocks, you won’t regret it 5 years henceAccording to one estimate, only Rs 5 in every Rs 100 of household savings gets invested in mutual funds.
March 1, 2010
What kind of inflation would you like?Fuel prices have been bottled up and the oil companies are bleeding as a result. Nitrogenous fertiliser prices have been held for nearly a decade, and the taxpayer is picking up all the bills.
February 22, 2010
When unions talk sense and the government doesn’tThe BSNL union wants a management that will stand up to babus. That’s why government doesn’t want it.
February 15, 2010
Communal cauldronQuotas and Islamic banking are ways to keep Muslims away from the mainstream.
February 11, 2010
Why Pranab should read Singh’s 1991 speechWe were up the creek in ’91, and so are we now. At the very least, the FM can avoid having to write an entirely new speech
February 8, 2010
Walk on aloneIf carried to its logical extreme, this schism could ultimately lead to a parting of ways between the two saffron allies after over two decades of cohabitation.
February 3, 2010
The RBI’s misplaced aggression will hurt usBy not raising signal interest rates, the central bank has sent the wrong message to everyone.
February 1, 2010
No permanent amanPeace with Pakistan is possible only if the idea of a religion-driven state is defeated.
January 28, 2010
Why some people pay more tax and others lessIn India, we pay less to the government and more to private agents as bribes.
January 24, 2010
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