Tiger talesUnlike the LS polls, the MNS may be less of a hurdle for the saffron combine.
September 30, 2009
Why India may get lucky once againDespite worrying economic fundamentals, the world’s money could be heading here.
September 27, 2009
BJP’s succession bluesDemocratic parties seem less capable of orderly succession than dynasties.
September 23, 2009
Why the Bharti-MTN deal won’t workThe history of megamergers and acquisitions (AOL-Time Warner, Citibank-Travellers) proves that most mergers end up destroying shareholder value.
September 20, 2009
Cricket’s Tina factorThe only thing surprising about Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s dramatic entry into cricket is that it came so late — in the eighth year of his reign.
September 16, 2009
The country’s chief money man needs different skillsMore than economics, RBI governors need to understand behavioural science, too.
September 13, 2009
Arjuna, Akbar, AmartyaThe title of this column may suggest that I am reviewing some kind of sequel to the 1970s Bollywood blockbuster, Amar Akbar Anthony. But have no fear.
September 9, 2009
Big government means more crony capitalismThe best way to rid ourselves of it is by downsizing government steadily.
September 6, 2009
Cart before the horseThe preponderance of vested interests in the education sector — from fly-by-night coaching classes to a corrupt regulatory set-up — will stymie all his initiatives.
September 2, 2009
How Dhirubhai Ambani flunked his biggest testIn less than 30 years, he made Reliance the biggest Indian private sector company after almost single-handedly creating the equity cult and cultivating the most powerful business lobby.
August 30, 2009
Partition was goodAn undivided India built to Jinnah’s specifications would have been a disaster.
August 26, 2009
Free-flow spiritualitySociety’s hierarchy of needs mirror those of the individual, though no society is a homogeneous mass. It has several strata.
August 19, 2009
Finding the antidote to the Peter PrincipleWhen we see incompetence everywhere — in government, in companies, and in society at large — it reinforces our fundamental belief in the Peter Principle.
August 17, 2009
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