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The "trapped" investor
This is the curious predicament of the inherited, "trapped" investor. The shareholder is stuck...
Centre sets off worrying tensions with Mumbai
A highly strained relationship between Maharashtra and New Delhi is being tested by the recent...
‘Healthy scepticism’ is crucial for company...
How are directors supposed to make use of the transactional approach? Basically, to challenge...
Why the SBI-led consortium came to YES Bank’...
By the time this story attracts the attention of hassled stakeholders, the curtains on the rescue...
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Politics
The insidious in Covid
The Covid-19 novel coronavirus continues to spread, by now afflicting all continents except the...
In attack on Rhea, a new low for India
The statement by the father of Rhea Chakraborty reflects the pain and the discomfort many might...
Pandemic and prejudice
In a course on journalism that I taught years ago, one exercise I often asked was for the class to...
Tweet, Tweet - The Supreme Court is crumbling
The Indian Supreme Court to hold that the two tweets of Prashant Bhushan have brought that...
Economy
Bracing for a burden of bad loans
The economy shrank by nearly one fourth during the first three months of this fiscal year. Much of...
Transforming systems is key to policy gains
Two Indian initiatives have found places amongst the ten best global initiatives selected by the...
Centre-led fiscal push is the only way
The past week has been dominated by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remark alluding to an “...
Do rural migrants benefit from cities?
Is migration to urban areas advantageous for rural migrants? The recent events as migrants fled for...
Health
Do rural migrants benefit from cities?
Is migration to urban areas advantageous for rural migrants? The recent events as migrants fled for...
Covid-19 and the silent suffering
Death happens to everyone; but except in about 10% people where death comes suddenly, it happens...
ICMR’s research in a rush
There is much to criticise the ICMR for its recent diktat to deliver a vaccine for COVID-19 caused...
Recent Columns
Why the SBI-led consortium came to YES Bank’...
By the time this story attracts the attention of hassled stakeholders, the curtains on the rescue...
RBI rises to the occasion
The MPC has done a good job in presenting an analysis of the situation arising out of the Covid-19...
Fukushima and the urgency of metanoia
Metanoia is from ancient Greek. It connotes penitence, a radical change of heart, amounting to a...
The purpose of a business
When I finished college in 1964, in the early years after India’s freedom, I wanted to help build...
Recent Diaries
Celebrating Covid-19 positivity
In the Covidomania atmosphere that has been prevailing for over five months, anything from a...
The extinction of āraṇyasanskriti?
India was once a land that worshipped trees. It was an āraṇyasanskriti, a civilisation rooted in...
On pain, dying and suffering
An infection in the child’s brain had left him semi-conscious, suffering continual pain from muscle...
Ratna-Harish’s diary takes us back to the...
She arrived in India (Bikaner) in August 1947 unaware that she would never return to her beautiful...
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We are in the midst of executing exciting projects that will enable us reach niche audience segments, notably the youth, in areas of a) health, b) education, c) governance and d) contemporary Indian history as reflected through the digital archives of Indian newspapers.
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