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Aresh Shirali

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Business
Air-India’s Broken Wings

As calls to privatise India’s ‘national carrier’ reach a crescendo, spare a moment to pay some attention to the not-so-obvious economic implications of such a move

17 May 2012
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Books
Global Capital Rules, Okay?

Not quite. Which explains both the strength and weakness of this ‘economic travelogue’ that tries to spot tomorrow’s winners

06 May 2012
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Business
Keep Your Eyes on the Road...

A government panel is keen on yanking people off their mobikes and out of their cars, and stuffing them instead into buses and metro tubes

15 April 2012
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Business
Rs 1 crore crore: a Lever Long Enough?

India’s GDP is set to hit a big round figure of Rs 1 crore crore this new financial year. Here’s hoping it evokes reflection, not triumphalism

25 March 2012
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Business
It’s Animal Spirits, Silly

Keynes’ big idea was inspired by Indian attitudes towards money. Yet, as India Inc behaves stingy and the economy turns weak, it is dangerous to apply his policies blindly

18 March 2012
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Books
All Noisy on the Western Front

How did the West suddenly get so much richer than the East about 350 years ago? Another book on business history, another explanation

16 March 2012
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Business
The Puzzle of Honda’s ‘Oh No!’ Year

Why did Honda’s car sales slide last year? Was it misfortune? Or did rivals get the better of it? Judge from its market moves

02 March 2012
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Business
Noel Tata as Café Revolutionary

The rumour that Ratan Tata’s half brother Noel might head Tata Starbucks’ cafe venture has a truly compelling appeal

04 February 2012
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Books
Think Difference

An engaging book by a Nobel laureate that could leave the discerning reader even more so

01 February 2012
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Business
Cayman 1, Taxman 0

Vodafone has scored a legal victory over India’s tax authorities, but what’s worth asking is this: why do ‘capital gains’ bear a lighter tax burden than your salary?

26 January 2012

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma 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

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

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

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