Coalition politics on a gradual descent
By Sarvesh Kumar Tiwari The era of one party domination started withering with the arrival of the Janata government in 1977. Coalition politics ruled the roost in the later phase of the 20th century...
View ArticleTalent elitism ruining India’s bid to be ‘world’s HR capital’
By S Chandrasekhar India Inc continues to fight the ‘War for Talent’, 18 years since the expression was coined. Year after year, it’s only getting worse. Modi’s clarion call to make India the ‘HR...
View ArticleGandhi Jayanti: Let’s speak of Mohandas
By S Anand October 2 is not a bad occasion to rethink the Mahatma. In the Indian subcontinent, history is about myth-making and our selfproclaimed secular historians jostle with the right-wing in this...
View ArticlePorcelain: A moulded obsession
By Ekow Eshun Porcelain was first made in China a thousand years ago and from the very beginning, it was a source of obsession. The emperor Zhu Di…was so fascinated by its purity, he commissioned...
View ArticleStartup revolution: Gullivers need to wake up, little guys are killing it
By Harsh Goenka India is in the middle of a startup revolution the likes of which it has not seen before. Very much like the Stanford lot that created Silicon Valley, hordes of young people...
View ArticleTrojan horse of Internet.org that PM Narendra Modi may’ve let in
By Tathagata Bhattacharya After the initial euphoria over Narendra Modi’s Silicon Valley conquest subsides and the takeaways are counted, the question of Internet biggies playing a vital role in the...
View ArticleArvind Kejriwal lacks clarity on any strategy beyond Delhi
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s shifting stance on Bihar elections and extending support to Nitish Kumar is indicative of his inability to identify an appropriate space...
View ArticleDecoding conduct: Our desire to control the behaviour of people
By Devdutt Pattanaik God gave Moses a set of commandments to give to his chosen people. These were set in stone, meaning they were non-negotiable. Yet, the Bible is full of stories of non-compliance....
View ArticleUnsaturated fats in diet are key to good health
By Wanitha Ashok India is facing a growing burden of heart-related ailments, which have now replaced communicable diseases as mass killers.Nationwide, cardiovascular diseases account for 2.5 million...
View ArticleManaging Oneself
By Peter Bregman When I ask myself “where can I improve?” my list usually comes from my shortcomings, things I don’t like about myself.… Trying to fix my shortcomings is familiar. And, with concerted...
View ArticleMars mission no adventure holiday, risks are suicidal
By Mukul Sharma It’s been called the biggest, most complex, most audacious and most dangerous exploration mission in human history. And now that liquid water has also been found to exist at the...
View ArticleGrow, but don’t let go
By Saumitra Chaudri If the objective of developmental policy is to improve the material well being of people, then achieving and sustaining rapid economic growth is the only available path. To make it...
View ArticleThe value of labour
By Alex Edmans et al This paper studies the relationship between employee satisfaction and stock returns around the world. Theory provides conflicting predictions as to whether employee satisfaction is...
View ArticleHow India can combine cloud & mobile technology to become a true startup nation
By Sandy Carter But why is innovation speeding up so significantly? In a word: technology. There are two technologies that play this critical, speed-enabler role: the Cloud and the mobile. Successful...
View ArticleStrategic vision
By Ankur Agarwal Et Al Companies value the hard data and empirical mindset that a finance chief can lend to strategic planning, especially around forecasting trends, building strategic capabilities or...
View ArticleModi on communalism equals Manmohan Singh on corruption
By Ashish Sharma Narendra Modi is the most powerful prime minister India has had since Rajiv Gandhi. He is also hailed by many as the most powerful orator in the country since Atal Bihari Vajpayee....
View ArticleWhat is told and what is actually heard and the gap in between
By Devdutt Pattanaik Vedas are called shurti, that which needs to be heard. It is distinguished from later literature, which is called smriti, that which is remembered. Vedas are considered pure while...
View ArticleNo joy at the Eden: Abandoned T20 in Kolkata, a tribute to late Jagmohan...
By Boria Majumdar Jagmohan Dalmiya is no more. With him not there his association’s ability to organise a match has taken a serious backward step. What happened at the Eden Gardens on Thursday was...
View ArticleObserve daily life
By Uma Silbey This practice of observation is perfect for a busy lifestyle because there is no end to what can be observed. When you are outside, observe nature. See how the wind turns the...
View ArticleReparation for destruction of wildlife: That’ll be 15 bn Pounds, your highness
By Raghav Chandra & Shruti Chandra Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be making his first official trip to Britain next month. With the recent demand, triggered by author and Congress MP Shashi...
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