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For media mogul Ramoji Rao, money was always the means, not the end

New Delhi, April 26 -- On a sultry summer afternoon, a well-known Telugu star was unceremoniously marched out of Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad because the producer of the film in which he was starring... Read More


Company Outsider: As BluSmart stalls, the ride-sharing business in India looks even more suspect

New Delhi, April 23 -- Gensol Engineering's collapse under a wave of corporate misgovernance charges has brought to an abrupt halt its subsidiary BluSmart, the once-promising all-electric ride-sharing... Read More


Jayanti Dharma Teja: The enigmatic genius whose shipping empire was built on deception

New Delhi, April 19 -- In Amitabh Bachchan's career-defining 1973 blockbuster Zanjeer, the villain Seth Dharam Dayal Teja-memorably played by Ajit of the "Lily, don't be silly" fame-was the epitome of... Read More


Company Outsider: IndiGo's soaring valuation shows the power of privatization, liberalization's unfinished agenda

New Delhi, April 16 -- With a market cap of $23.45 billion, Indigo just became the world's most valuable airline. Let that sink in. This is a company that didn't exist 20 years ago, in a sector that w... Read More


Alagappa Chettiar's legacy of fortune and philanthropy

New Delhi, April 12 -- Among the titans of Indian business, RM Alagappa Chettiar shimmers with a distinct luminescence for his legacy of nation building and philanthropy. His name echoes through the v... Read More


Company Outsider: Vodafone's bailout vs Air India's sell-off: a confusing U-turn by the government

New Delhi, April 9 -- It is difficult to reconcile the Indian government's actions in repeatedly bailing out Vodafone Idea on the one hand with its decision three years ago to let go of the state-cont... Read More


The real innovation laggard is India Inc, not startups

New Delhi, April 7 -- Piyush Goyal, the usually affable union minister of commerce and industry, has stirred a hornet's nest with his comments about Indian startups being overly focused on food delive... Read More


Company Outsider: HUL's rare outsider hire signals potential strategic shift

New Delhi, April 2 -- Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has drafted in Rajneet Kohli, former chief executive officer (CEO) of Britannia Industries Ltd, as executive director, foods, a move that marks a sha... Read More


The ambitious and ambiguous rise of Huawei as a telecom giant

New Delhi, March 30 -- Washington Post technology reporter Eva Dou's House of Huawei promises to unravel the enigma of the Chinese telecom titan Ren Zhengfei, and how he built the world's largest tele... Read More


The remarkable journey of Ashok Amritraj from tennis courts to Hollywood heights

New Delhi, March 29 -- Ashok Amritraj, from the famed tennis family that accounted for the A in the ABC (Amritraj, Borg, Connors) of the 1970s tennis world, is today a synonym for success as a powerfu... Read More