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The Joys Of Being Indian

Government authorities illegally shot dead a leopard in Delhi instead of tranquilising it, when it wandered into a populated area.…

Japan: Back To Yen Pity

Years ago when I was studying in the United States, Japan was a constant sub-theme in academia. Every year, thousands…

The Regulator Bumbles Along

The decision by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to first clear 31 stocks for derivatives trading, and…

November?s Grim Tidings?

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for November 2002, released on January 10, was bad news. Output growth fell from…

Return Of The Renegades

Delhi is shrouded in fog and the great ceremonial building, Hyderabad House, is shrouded in endless metres of white cloth!…

January, Iraq And Oil

Crude prices came off their declining trend in mid-March 2002. The proximate cause was the soon to be dispelled notion…

Watching Over The Watchdogs

Several years ago, at another of those endless seminars on corporate governance, an academic quoted an unnamed Tata director saying…

Great Power Aspirations?

I was recently invited to speak before a senior gathering of Asia-based diplomats. The theme of the topic was: Can…

Towards Informed Decision-making

In my last column, I?d dealt with the issue of how corporate governance (CG) ratings are becoming an important tool…

National Pride Be Damned

We truly belong to a bygone age! We have a bunch of rulers who seem to be floating on some…

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