How India tackles the economy at this critical juncture could make the difference between staying in the current slump and returning to high growth in 18 months

India Inc forked out close to $40 billion over the last three years buying large companies overseas. But its grand global coming out party has left it with a bad recession hangover

Global sportswear companies have finally found a reason to pull out all stops in IPL cricket. Their plan: sell, sell, sell

A brilliant debut novel captures in fine detail the experiences of a Tamil Brahmin family on and off trains

Embedded advertising and seven minute breaks are making money for everyone involved with IPL, and killing the game. And, hey, Mandira Bedi doesn’t help either

Unlikely talking heads and tedious poll predictions make for heartbreaking TV. More IPL, please?

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is a cautious reformer. And India faces peculiar economic challenges this fiscal year. It adds up to this: realism will dictate the pace of economic reforms

To your bank, toxic assets can be bundled with other loans to form the basis of a ‘mortgage backed security’, a piece of paper, to be sold off to some investor

If the BCCI hadn’t played spoilsport, Lalit Modi’s gamble for big money league would have hit the jackpot a decade ago. Excerpts from a new book