Even as India attempts to ‘Act East’, it is ‘Thinking West’
By Dhruva Jaishankar & Shruti Godbole Not that long ago, the words ‘Not valid for travel to South Africa or Israel’ used to be clearly written on all Indian passports. Narendra Modi’s recent visit...
View ArticleGiving NPAs a decent burial
By Reshmi Khurana The government and regulators are paying urgent attention to India’s large and mounting non-performing assets (NPAs). Last month, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)...
View ArticleWill IndiGo’s dream of acquiring Air India come true?
By Pallavi Mody History was made when Lenovo acquired IBM’s personal computer (PC) division in 2004. IBM, pioneer in computers from the US, is an 82-year-old giant. The Chinese Lenovo had been around...
View ArticleWith PM Narendra Modi’s Israel visit, India crosses the rubicon
By Sreeram Chaulia If diplomacy can generate national catharsis, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi has achieved it with his epic visit to Israel. By treading with aplomb in a country where not one of...
View ArticlePositive Mysticism
By Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj Restlessness is the root cause of chaos in individual minds. Most of us have forgotten the fundamental binding force: the feeling of universal brotherhood. Hence, there is...
View ArticleGita: Book of ethics
By Arup K Majumd Several western thinkers, including Albert Shweitzer, have expressed the opinion that despite having a rich and ancient spiritual and cultural heritage, India does not have a single...
View ArticleManaging Decisions
By Aaron De Smet et al As we’ve worked with organisations seeking to become more agile, we’ve found that it’s possible to accelerate the improvement of decision-making through the simple steps of...
View ArticleGovernment holds the key to tackling climate change, but solutions will come...
By Naina Lal Kidwai Climate change has no borders or bias. It does not care whether you are rich or poor, big or small. Last month, the world’s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the US,...
View ArticleThe business of old age & age-old bigotry
By Rupa Sengupta Who wants to live it up forever? Almost everybody, it seems. From fitness fads to designer diets, from bariatric bulge removal to cryopreservation research, age-busting seems as much...
View ArticleIt’s women’s game too
By Boria Majumdar It was the World T20 in the Caribbean in April 2010. A much fancied Indian men’s team had bowed out of the tournament after defeats to the West Indies and Australia. In...
View ArticleSpiritual Knowledge
By Swami Chinmayananda A devotee once donated a radio at the mission and said, “Swamiji! This is yours.” He demonstrated how to switch it on. Every morning when I would switch it on, it would...
View ArticleStrategic Thinking
By Richard Dobbs ET AL Technology is no longer simply a budget line or operational issue — it is an enabler of virtually every strategy. Executives need to think about how specific technologies are...
View ArticleNetanyahu’s description of the newly tied India-Israel is more accurate than...
By Sandip Roy Who could have guessed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu would prove to be such a closet romantic? When Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Israel on his historic...
View ArticleUS has prospered through immigration and equal opportunities to students
By V Sridhar & Kala S Sridhar Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to the US, and the general outcome of his meetings with President Donald Trump and CEOs, emphasise the strategic importance...
View ArticleAyatra is trek of faith
By Anshul Chaturvedi On his return from a pilgrimage to Amarnath, Swami Vivekananda hardly spoke to anyone. A disciple asked him what the matter was. “Oh that,” said the otherwise fiery monk, “Since...
View ArticleBetting big on artificial intelligence
By Jacques Bughin ET AL The buzz over artificial intelligence (AI) has grown loud enough to encourage venture capital and private equity firms to step up their investment in AI. Other external...
View ArticleAir India: Crown jewel for the Tatas
By GR Gopinath The news that Tatas have evinced interest in acquiring Air India, after the Cabinet cleared the proposal for its sale, was welcomed by everyone. It is only befitting that the great...
View ArticleBeijing seems to be redrawing all the lines it had co-drawn with New Delhi
By Pranab Dhal Samanta Doklam isn’t the first India-China military face-off on the unsettled boundary, and is unlikely to be the last.But what’s strikingly different this time is the aggressive Chinese...
View ArticleTwo important decisions in two days will have a huge bearing on the future of...
By Boria Majumder Forty-Eight hours of prudence and foresight. That’s what Indian cricket needs at the moment. To say that the next 48 hours are extremely critical for the future of the game in India...
View ArticleDigital-age marketing
By Prashant Gandhi ET AL A strong brand voice is a living, breathing manifestation of your brand promise. This voice comes from a much deeper place than stringing together clever words and phrases to...
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