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Rajesh Chakrabarti

RED FORT UNDER SIEGE

Finally, it looks like the Left Front is on its way out in West Bengal after over three decades of continuous rule—an almost impossible record in India and comparable to major entrenched regimes like those in Mexico or Japan.

Column: Let bidding begin in the market

On the face of it, Sebi’s latest move to allow auctions for the Qualified Institutional Buyers part of follow-up offerings, presumably...

Big bets on small money

Microfinance participants, banks, NGOs, policymakers and researchers will converge next week in Delhi at the annual Microfinance India Summit. In many ways, this is the best of times to be in the sector.

Column : Judiciary reform, done judiciously

Years ago, I had a colleague in a development financial institution who clearly did not have his heart on the job. While chatting with him one day, I found out that he was a former judge in a muffasil town in Madhya Pradesh.

Column : Old debate, revisited in West Bengal

The ruling Left Front in West Bengal could not have asked for a worse year than the current one. The drubbing it received in the Lok Sabha polls has been repeated in civic and by-elections and there is clear evidence of an anti-Left momentum building up.

Column : The unsolved mystery of organisation

As the Ambani brothers’ feud over KG gas embroils the country and the government, it brings to fore, once again, the centrality of business groups, with their complex relationships, to India Inc.

Column: I-Day, 2039: India is a rich country

Independence Day provides an excuse for all sorts of well-meaning speculations. We are meant to look forward, after all. So here’s a story that looks forward one whole generation, 30 years to be precise.

Why and how Ludhiana beats Kolkata

The World Bank, at the behest of the commerce and industry ministry, has recently ranked 17 Indian cities, from as many states, according to its Ease of Doing Business indicators. Ludhiana tops the list and Kolkata is at the bottom.

Column : Don’t knock the politics in the Budget

Coming up with a budget is an arduous task in the best of times. This year it was particularly hard. In addition to the usual reforms vs aam aadmi balancing act there was the constraint of an already stretched fiscal situation. To make things tougher, there were...
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