Raian Karanjawala, who co-founded Karanjawala & Co with wife Manik, has had close friendships & lifelong associations with the big names in business & politics.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
M J Akbar has bitten off more than he can chew. The ministerial aura – admittedly of a sarkari Mussalman – that briefly enveloped him has faded. The four day delay in tendering his resignation – with people who ought to have known better thinking the storm in a tea cup would “ blow over “ – has given the worst of both worlds, neither brazen holding power nor moral high ground. The criminal defamation suit – which the Editors’ Guild requested him to withdraw, for it goes against the tenets of journalism – was a desperate ploy to shock and awe the victims into silence. Not even the Vakalat Nama, which has more names than the runs M S Dhoni scores nowadays, impressed. Me Too has been validated in ways many the perpetrators could not have foreseen. Why did the ladies not speak up earlier is not a promising line of defence. Attainments in journalism or brand building are neither here nor there while judging a powerful man’s conduct in the presence of women who were in some ways at a disadvantage before him. Suhel Seth has been more sensible than M J Akbar. Since this issue is now the subject of a criminal trial, all the women who have been wronged by Mr M J Akbar should consider invoking criminal jurisdiction against him as well. They will not want for credible witnesses, who will weather cross examination better than he will.
M J Akbar has bitten off more than he can chew. The ministerial aura – admittedly of a sarkari Mussalman – that briefly enveloped him has faded. The four day delay in tendering his resignation – with people who ought to have known better thinking the storm in a tea cup would “ blow over “ – has given the worst of both worlds, neither brazen holding power nor moral high ground. The criminal defamation suit – which the Editors’ Guild requested him to withdraw, for it goes against the tenets of journalism – was a desperate ploy to shock and awe the victims into silence. Not even the Vakalat Nama, which has more names than the runs M S Dhoni scores nowadays, impressed. Me Too has been validated in ways many the perpetrators could not have foreseen. Why did the ladies not speak up earlier is not a promising line of defence. Attainments in journalism or brand building are neither here nor there while judging a powerful man’s conduct in the presence of women who were in some ways at a disadvantage before him. Suhel Seth has been more sensible than M J Akbar. Since this issue is now the subject of a criminal trial, all the women who have been wronged by Mr M J Akbar should consider invoking criminal jurisdiction against him as well. They will not want for credible witnesses, who will weather cross examination better than he will.