Siachen avalanche: The rare spirit and courage of an Indian soldier
By Lt Gen BK Chopra One of our brave soldiers recently succumbed to his fate, but, before that he found place in each and every Indian’s heart and showed the world that nothing is impossible....
View ArticleWhy offering a strong payments plan should be a priority for digital banking
Sameer Gulati Et Al One in three people in developed markets now carries a smartphone, and few doubt that banks will rely increasingly on digital channels to serve the fast-growing population of...
View ArticleThinker and the thought
By J Krishnamurti In all our experiences, there is always the experiencer, the observer, who is gathering to himself more and more or denying himself. Is that not a wrong process? We can wipe it...
View ArticleWith a little help from its president, China looks to become a Great Wall of...
By Arka Bhattacharya As the winter transfer window deadline day for the Premier League passed, Manchester City made the footballing world stand up and take notice when the club confirmed that Pep...
View ArticleWest Indies’ U-19 World Cup win in probably the most significant Mankading in...
By Joy Bhattacharjya West Indies Vs Zimbabwe. U 19 World Cup. Three runs to get, a wicket in hand. The team that wins goes through to the quarters. That was the situation when West Indian...
View ArticleBudget 2016: Getting the fiscal math right is a big challenge
By Tushar Poddar The key issue for this year’s budget seems to be whether the government should stick to its path of fiscal consolidation or stimulate growth through higher spending and a larger fiscal...
View ArticleRetail Dilemma: To time or not to time market
By Narendra Nathan Should equity investors try to time the market? If you are a direct equity investor, answer is an emphatic yes and you may be doing it already. For example, you are doing...
View Article‘Make in India’ is T20, not Test cricket
By Anuvab Pal “You may or may not make money doing business here, but you’ll never forget doing business here,” said a CEO of a small American firm about India. Our prime minister, sensibly, sniffing...
View ArticleBad loans: Need of the hour is transparency & a name-and-shame policy for...
By Vinod Rai In response to an RTI query, the RBI has informed that 29 public sector banks (PSBs) have had to write off Rs 1.14 lakh crore as bad debts from 2013 to 2015....
View ArticleIntroduce independent credit reviews manned with professionals to minimise NPAs
By D P Roy As a practitioner having dirtied my hands in the muck of non-performing assets (NPAs), I cannot but fully endorse the RBI governor’s recent statements about owners of sick industries...
View ArticleEuropean reforms
By Kalin Anev Janse On January 1, 2016, the new European mechanism to resolve failing banks went live. The Single Resolution Mechanism’s (SRM) goal is to resolve failing banks at the lowest cost to...
View ArticleGive the self a chance
By Dhruva Bhargava We all have a higher Self within; we were born with it. Sometimes we get a fleeting glimpse of the Self when we spontaneously act out of unconditional love. Recall a sudden...
View ArticleGovernment should have let JNU resolve the crisis
By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be well aware of student and youth power. After all, he cut his teeth in India’s political cauldron during Emergency, imposed by...
View ArticleJNU row: Government’s ham-handed action is what can cause ‘barbaadi’
By Sanjay Hegde Despite all economic odds, a young student called Kanhaiya from the Hindi heartland was able to study in Delhi’s premier university. He was elected the president of the students union....
View ArticleTagore and patriotism
By M P K KUTTY Generally, nationalism is inextricably linked with patriotism. In his book, Nationalism, Rabindranath Tagore says that nationalism is an invention of the west. The nation has thrived for...
View ArticleManaging corporates
By Andrew Campbell It’s a familiar dilemma for managers in corporate headquarters everywhere: how to add value to operating units without inadvertently subtracting it through misguided influence,...
View ArticleKilling our campuses
By Sukanta Chaudhuri The more we hear about the JNU imbroglio, the harder it is to tell what happened. Some persons undoubtedly spouted verbiage that went beyond criticising a particular administration...
View ArticleCan healthcare costs in India come down further?
By Devi Shetty & Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw When you can’t tax the rich, tax the less well-off. This is exactly what the Karnataka government did by notifying all hospitals to collect 8% luxury tax from...
View ArticleSpiritual obligation
By Shashi K Sharma Spirituality is an amalgam of ethics, ideas related to beyond this world, an undefinable concept of God, inner mind and such matters. It is the responsibility of any society to...
View ArticleGovernment is falling into its own trap of digital politics
By Pranab Dhal Samanta What is nationalism? Who is anti-national? Who is not? Freedom of speech, the law of sedition, the dignity of the national flag — my definition or yours? The fight’s on, and...
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