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Fixerpreneurship

Here are some tricky questions we need to face, even if we cannot convincingly answer them. Is UPA 2 the most entrepreneur-unfriendly government since...

We, the Ignorant

Ignorance is responsible for our lack of respect for our most distant countrymen, as well as our failure to understand what makes people from the Northeast angry.

There’s a gold lining

A look at some figures behind the dismal medal tallies at 2012 London Olympics and the news is not so bad. It is a story of all-round improvement and progress in some key sports and areas.

The PC option

India's finance ministry is a den of vindictive incompetence. It needs a tough, unforgiving, sharp, no-nonsense & thick-skinned leader, and you'll find these features on Chidambaram's CV.

Shoot me, the messenger

While there is a lot of praise for the great work the media has done in busting corruption, fighting social evils & improving transparency and accountability, our arrogance has grown into hubris.

The Meena Kumari Politics

Last two years' electoral politics has made one thing clear: You no longer win elections in India by reminding people how awfully rotten their...

It’s the Highest Office

Four interesting notions have lately emerged in the public discourse on the forthcoming presidential election. First, that the current jockeying and dealmaking is unprecedented...

The 24th chief

He will count for no more than a footnote, albeit a sizeable, sad but unforgettable one, as his successors pick up the pieces

Crude politics

UPA's dismal political management turns a belated (and much needed) petrol price hike into an 'event'.

Anybody out there?

Government's inaction down the line is only matched by the silence at its top.

On Camera

Tirupati scandal isn’t political or communal. It’s about temple economics

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?