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Why those calling for reforms in India may need a reality check

New Delhi, April 20 -- The global turmoil set off by the flapping of tariff wings in the White House has got many wise men offering sage advice on how to navigate the thorny path ahead. India's predic... Read More


Why RBI gave banks a knuckle rap for their misaligned retail focus

New Delhi, April 6 -- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra does not seem to believe in slow starts. Soon after assuming office, he has shot multiple arrows from his regulatory bow. Thi... Read More


How bad loans ruined India's banking system

New Delhi, April 5 -- Financial crises come in all shapes and sizes-and occasionally as part of rescue packages. The International Monetary Fund's austerity package after the 1997 Asian foreign exchan... Read More


Book review: 'Work, Wisdom, Legacy' reflects on what work means today

New Delhi, March 31 -- The word "work" has become loaded with meanings, is weighed down by multiple connotations and teems with social divisions. But what is work? Some view it as a four-letter word s... Read More


Brands and geopolitics: A marriage made in conflict

New Delhi, March 23 -- Iconic ice-cream company Ben & Jerry's (B&J), founded by two hippies based on knowledge gained through a $5-correspondence-course, is taking on the might of its parent, the Angl... Read More


Gross domestic product: Grossly inadequate as a measure of well-being

New Delhi, March 9 -- The statistics ministry recently released a bunch of fresh data-sets related to India's gross domestic product (GDP) across three years, including a guesstimate of expected econo... Read More


A new world order is emerging and India must find its place in it

New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- A new world order is emerging and India will have to defend its rightful place in it. It all started at the annual Munich Security Conference, which is usually a quiet affair an... Read More


Rajrishi Singhal: The budget touches but doesn't feel and speaks but leaves much unsaid

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Dispirited by an economic slowdown and stagnant spending power, observers greeted finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's beribboned tax breaks with a combination of euphoria and ho... Read More


What we can expect of India's budget in a year of deal-making

New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- These winter months are turning out to be a season for deal-making, corporate or geopolitical. The annual deal-making Davos conference kicked off on 20 January, the same day a s... Read More