Taking out cash from listed companies can be neater and legitimate
By Nishanth Vasudevan In times of forensic audit and allegations of fund siphoning by promoters, very few are aware of a bizarre yet smart way to take out cash from listed companies under the very...
View ArticleMobile internet is creating a new economy
By Govind Rajan A revolution is quietly underfoot in India’s economy. The mobile is connecting the consumer to the internet in a meaningful manner in ever increasing numbers. Over 80% of new...
View ArticleColours of divine love
By Kulbir Kaur Sikhs should colour themselves with the hue of Divine Love, that is, Sat-nam, says Guru Nanak. “I am imbued with the deep crimson colour of the Lord’s Divine Love, My mind and...
View ArticleIndia, still the best place on Earth for entrepreneurs
By Frankie Brown The dust has settled. The hedge funds have fled to the hills. Jeff Bezos and his tanks are parked on the lawn. Jack Ma looms over to the East. India’s fledgling unicorns huddle...
View ArticleIndia Inc must learn to use storytelling as a key product differentiator
By Milind Deora Leaders. They don’t make them like they used to. Politics, business, sports, entertainment — you name it. From New York to New Delhi, the world is undergoing a tectonic shift in the...
View ArticleCorporate Strategy
The Wall Street Journal recently published a fascinating column on the best-performing stocks of the last 30 years. One intriguing feature of these success stories is that many of them are little-known...
View ArticleForgiveness, the answer
By P C Xavier Nothing happens without the knowledge of God, “even the hairs of your head have all been counted”, says the Bible, “do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but...
View ArticleColour and perception
By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Every form has a corresponding colour scheme. On the surface, colour is a visual sense. But there is a significant connection between the perception of the many colours that...
View ArticleDigital economy
Digital capabilities, adoption and usage are evolving at a supercharged pace. While most users scramble just to keep up with the relentless rate of innovation, the sectors, companies and individuals on...
View ArticleCarry on Kohli
By Boria Majumdar The only difference (except in the format that is) is perhaps there was no storm in Mohali on Sunday. Nothing that could force Virat Kohli to take shelter behind some of the...
View ArticleAge of disruption: Those embracing change will not only survive but thrive
By Nandan Nilekani Thanks to the rapid changes being brought by technology, the world is facing an era of great disruption. This is pervasive and goes far beyond the industries that we had expected to...
View ArticleLahore blast: Pakistan rips Pakistan
By Manoj Joshi Pakistan has a population of some two million Christians, living mainly in its cities. Some of them were celebrating Easter on Sunday at Lahore’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal park when a suicide bomb...
View ArticleMagic realism
By Matthew Hutson Over the last several decades, psychologists have documented a litany of cognitive biases — consistent misperceptions of the world — and explained their positive functions. For...
View ArticleRemain still and constant
By Sant Rajinder Singh The tree is mostly unchanging while everything around it changes. In the spring, there are freshly formed buds. In summer, the tree is bedecked with rich green leaves. Then, in...
View ArticleDPP 2016: ‘Make in India’ paradigm, a new era dawns
By Colonel KV Kuber (retd) The much awaited DPP 2016 just released by the MoD, in absolute harmony with the inaugural ceremony of the DEFEXPO 2016, has created enough hype to justify its formulation or...
View ArticleHow iron ore exports are being killed through high taxes
By Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar India’s exports have fallen 14 months in a row, hitting the balance of payments plus production and employment. Many ministries are pleading for additional export...
View ArticleWriter’s notebook
By V S Naipaul To see the possibility, the certainty, of ruin, even at the moment of creation: it was my temperament. Those nerves had been given to me as a child in Trinidad partly...
View ArticleReligion of pure love
By Swami Chaitanya Keerti The world has become clearly divided between two expressions of religion. The choice is between the religion of terrorism and the true religion of self-transformation and...
View ArticleGames players play
By Joy Bhattacharya “Love it!! Missing in WC semi last year when it really counts (sic).’ One of the more interesting sidelights of the India Australia game was this tweet by former cricketer Mitchell...
View ArticleIndia needs new lessons to survive ‘Age of Opportunity’
By Nitin Bhatia As somebody tracking the tech space closely, I end up living in two parallel worlds. One is the world of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, advanced robotics, 3D printing and...
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