Given how precarious banks’ own finances are, perhaps it’s time to think seriously about bailout options for companies.
05 December 2011The chairman had his hits and misses. History, however, will judge him by his dynamism as a business leader as much as his record on core Tata values
01 December 2011Yes, Cyrus Mistry is a surprise choice as the Tata Group’s next chairman. But a closer look suggests that it is an obvious one
01 December 2011The rupee is Asia’s worst performer this year, having tumbled by 15 per cent. There are domestic reasons for it too
25 November 2011Not so long ago, India’s emergence as a tiger economy was seen as a done deal. Today, double-digit growth looks a forlorn dream. What went wrong?
17 November 2011If the Centre reduces taxes on petrol, it will have to raise them elsewhere, which will again fuel inflation
14 November 2011In 2010-11, household savings dipped alarmingly as a percentage of GDP. Higher rates on bank deposits could spur a reversal
03 November 2011Niira Radia and the story of an experiment in corporate lobbying that failed
02 November 2011India’s GDP growth target for the 12th Plan period is just 9 per cent annually, a tad lower than the double-digit bluster earlier
31 October 2011Even a 1 per cent mismatch in receipts implies that there are opportunities to generate $2.5 billion a year in black money
15 October 2011Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle