Taking stock of inflation management With inflation a headline story in India, and the Reserve Bank (RBI) continuing its inflation control efforts?most recently by hiking… 18 years ago
A crackdown on lazy investing As liquidity gets tighter, interest rates are zipping upwards. Last week, leading private banks were offering 14% interest on 3-month… 18 years ago
Governance guidelines for CPSEs Two important policy moves were made on March 8, 2007 for India?s central public sector enterprises (CPSEs). First, the Prime… 18 years ago
Quiet trouble in West Bengal When the political turmoil in Nandigram dies down, one unfortunate fallout of the dramatic story could be a slowdown in… 18 years ago
Why IPO ratings should be welcomed When the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) decided to scrap discretionary allotment for qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) and… 18 years ago
Cupboard that threw life open This is a strange and true tale. A man influenced my literary and cultural tastes perhaps more than any other,… 18 years ago
Asian rebound: A Tokyo perspective Tokyo continues to be my favourite city. Every visit, including one last week, reinforces this feeling. The UBS Asian Investors… 18 years ago
Get up, stand up, don?t give up On the one hand, there is undiluted exultation among growth enthusiasts. Low tax rates, 9% growth, high savings, declining deficits?all… 18 years ago
Our disheartening urban spaces Trevelling through different parts of this rather special and extraordinary country with its amazing geographical diversity, its many styles of… 18 years ago
Change happens with blinding speed It is less than a year since the relatively calm waters of the world’s financial pond was in such a… 19 years ago
Old imagery and new independence A rebranding exercise is on. UTI Bank is on the lookout for a new name in less than 15 years… 19 years ago
Gruntled, heveled, cerned, astrous, turbed… This one isn?t about books. It?s about words that, strangely enough, do not exist. Yes, that?s right, they should be… 19 years ago
For a comprehensive Esops policy The recent uproar against fringe benefit tax (FBT) on stock options was indeed predictable. Even in the past, discussions on… 19 years ago
Good intervention, bad intervention Less than six months ago, leading media houses were lionising India?s ?original reformers? for their foresight in kicking off the… 19 years ago
An elementary doctrine I am a lucky man; I clearly know what is the most fun book that I own. It?s William Baring-Gould?s… 19 years ago
Let private professionals take over the show Just imagine a different India where beaming faces welcome you at the airport and brisk immigration officers stamp your passport,… 19 years ago
Whenever I go in, I need to play till the end: Yuvraj The effort in the Caribbean has been to build around a player who is set, says the southpaw 19 years ago
Sustaining India?s high growth This column is being written in a hotel room in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where I am about to give a talk… 19 years ago
Fourth COVID wave in Delhi: Infection spreading faster, high-grade fever, affecting younger population more
No limit on devotees in Nizamuddin Markaz if no such restrictions at other religious places: Delhi HC
