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E. Sreedharan: The man who tried to change how India moves

New Delhi, April 18 -- A soft-spoken civil engineer with a fondness for early mornings and scriptures, Elattuvalapil Sreedharan appears to be an unlikely revolutionary. Yet few individuals have alter... Read More


Divisions within Tata Trusts threaten the idea of Tata itself

New Delhi, April 14 -- In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon argues that great institutions rarely collapse in a single moment. Instead, they weaken through small, ... Read More


The farce of Lalit Modi's obsession with the IPL

New Delhi, April 11 -- The 2026 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) got the spicy start it didn't particularly need when its exiled former chief, Lalit Modi, took a swipe at Lucknow Super Giant... Read More


Biba calls out the 'lady' prefix, yet boardrooms leave women on the margins

New Delhi, April 7 -- A recent Women's Day ad by apparel brand Biba asks why a woman is always professionally introduced with a prefix: lady pilot; lady cop; lady judge; lady doctor; lady boss. The ta... Read More


Storming the shop floor: The Lila Poonawalla story

New Delhi, April 4 -- Few Indian women have stormed the male bastion of manufacturing as forcefully as Lila Poonawalla. She managed this feat not in the diversity-conscious 2020s, but through the grit... Read More


Why India must stop learning corporate lessons from America Inc.

New Delhi, March 31 -- Last week, a US state court delivered a $375 million verdict against Meta Platforms Inc., finding the company used unfair, deceptive, and unconscionable trade practices by faili... Read More


Capt. GR Gopinath: Airline entrepreneur who sought to democratize Indian skies

New Delhi, March 28 -- One moment explains Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath better than any business school case study. Standing in Phoenix Airport in the early 2000s, he noticed a board indicating 1,... Read More


KP Singh: The visionary who turned Gurgaon into corporate India's hub

New Delhi, March 21 -- For decades, the Indian middle class bought its homes from the government. In Delhi that meant the Delhi Development Authority (DDA); in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Housing and Are... Read More


Reliance Industries' Texas refinery bet hinges on future of fossil fuel

New Delhi, March 17 -- When US President Donald Trump announced the setting up of a refinery in partnership with Reliance Industries Ltd. last week, it came with a headline figure of $300 billion. Whi... Read More


FC Kohli: The IT visionary India forgot to remember

New Delhi, March 14 -- The Wikipedia entry for Faqir Chand Kohli classifies him as a co-founder of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), an unusual and rare honour for a professional executive, even in... Read More