Foggy Aesthetics

Looking the same is a major crisis, especially when people have money. The first response is to differentiate in lifestyle. For industry, differentiation in deliverables is essential to increase net worth.

One more step towards success

The Essar Group owes its origin to the grand vision of the enterprising brothers Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia.

Hedge Funds Can’t Mess Up Worse Than Bob Rubin

One of the amazing things about attempts to overhaul the financial system is that some fixes are so simple and obvious, yet still so difficult to enact.

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Dr Farooq Abdullah, President, Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association on Tuesday was upset that the Services team had withdrawn from the Ranji Trophy despite being assured of their security. Excerpts

The two Indias—the haves and the have-nots

The late Nobel Laureate Milton Freidman had once made his famous statement: “The business of business is business”, that is, the primary purpose of business is to make profits for the shareholder and to serve its customers.

Chinks in hygiene and civic responsibility

About 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to safe sanitation, and half of South Asia suffers the indignity of open defecation. This lack of hygienic facilities is a fundamental cause of disease leading to 1.5 million children dying every year as per the UN figures.

The power of the people

The fall of the Berlin Wall began with the Peaceful Revolution in September 1989. As the size of the demonstrations grew, it proved that the majority of the population was against the regime.

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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday seemed to suggest that the party may need a 'surgery' or even 'chemotherapy' to solve its problems...

“Research does not move in linear fashion”

Only with more study and government support will the problem of AIDS come to an end before the epidemic spreads, says Kevin Robert Frost, CEO of amfAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

“Women say more about an economy than money does”

Following the money often gets you to the bottom of a story. Following the economic experience of women may offer more insights.

Million vs billion paradox

I’ve often visited India accompanying different Western client CEOs who want to understand the Indian market climate.

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Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani on Monday said that the 16-digit Unique Identification Number might become mandatory for opening bank account.

I Admire

There are two kinds of entrepreneurs: fundamental entrepreneurs who like to build and save for the long term, and speculative entrepreneurs who prefer to make a quick buck by investing in hot stock.

Closed, incestuous environment vs happening, open environment

Society at large is experiencing a contradiction between the open vs closed environment at the individual and industry levels. Digitisation of technology has uplifted the value of human life even as it has created linearity across society, commoditising all products and services in the happening open environment.

Dollar’s doom puts a face on new $1 million bill

Forty years ago, the US government said the $100 bill would be the highest-denomination note. With the Federal Reserve now trying to print its way out of the financial crisis, it may be time to revisit that decision.

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India is giving too much time to its neighbour. It is not even half as important as we are making it. India cannot be compared to Pakistan in the world affairs...

Inside story

“In India we have no strong local challenge.” That’s perhaps what gives Christian-Lutz Neubert, CEO of German home furniture brand Nolte, the confidence to expand rapidly in India, irrespective of the fact that many Indians have postponed their luxury purchases for the moment.

Future without women?

Europeans often ask me about the female foeticide tragedy in India; but I’ve always considered it Western exaggeration from an incidental case or two. Until I read about Revathy (21), an autodriver’s wife in Tamil Nadu, whose prematurely born twin girls were put on incubators last month.

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Foggy Aesthetics

One more step towards success

Hedge Funds Can’t Mess Up Worse Than Bob Rubin

Voice over

The two Indias—the haves and the have-nots

Chinks in hygiene and civic responsibility

The power of the people

Voice over

“Research does not move in linear fashion”

“Women say more about an economy than money does”

Million vs billion paradox

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I Admire

Closed, incestuous environment vs happening, open environment

Dollar’s doom puts a face on new $1 million bill

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Inside story

Future without women?

How Else Goldman Sachs Might Divvy Up $20 Billion

The power of “S” square

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