Labour law is helping reduce jobsA company that employs cheap transport operators without checking their antecedents will find that it has compromised its employees’ interests.
November 14, 2007
Outsource jobs, not responsibilityIndia may be the outsourcing capital of the world, but we still don’t seem to have learnt much from this experience.
November 8, 2007
Defending veggie enclavesLet me confess, I am not a neutral observer in this. I happen to be a vegetarian, both by upbringing and by choice, and so my biases are obvious.
October 14, 2007
Does entitlement enrich?One fact that has been much commented upon in India’s recent victory in the World T20 Championships is the composition of the team.
September 30, 2007
Keep proving who you areIt is time the government decided on creating a national ID card with its own primary verification process that is both foolproof and pain-staking.
September 2, 2007
When intellectuals cop outWe have been successfully holding elections since 1947, and almost all of them have brought in governments voted by the vast majority.
August 19, 2007
Don’t forget the boysWhen more urban women are graduates than men, when they are marrying less and having fewer or no children, they will obviously do better.
August 5, 2007
Selectively holier than thouThese are sentiments few good people would disagree with. But do these speakers understand the full implications of their viewpoints?
July 21, 2007
Are you being served?Banks today have expanded so fast with whatever talent was available that they have had no chance to train them adequately on customer service.
June 3, 2007
A new Hindu rate of growthIf India is a trillion dollar economy, I’ll eat my hat. I don’t have a hat, but that’s not why I say this. India has been a multi-trillion dollar economy for years now.
April 28, 2007
Human, not minority rightsProtecting minorities have become such an article of faith with our political unworthies, that nobody bothers to understand where it comes from.
April 8, 2007
One swallow makes Indian summerEvery advertiser who wants to sign up a Sachin should build in a performance-based reward system where the bulk of the money accrues only if the cricketer scores.
March 24, 2007
There’s money in them thar stocksI invest mostly in stocks that are a proxy for the economy — like banks. I invest in banks because they will earn more if the economy fares well.
March 11, 2007
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