Business

The discreet charm of KV Kamath

Ullekh NP

As the first head of the BRICS bank, India’s most venerable banker has a chance to play out his fabled neutral position on a global stage

Crowdsourcing: The generosity of strangers

Lhendup G Bhutia

With the Indian ice hockey team successfully raising funds online to go for a tournament abroad, crowdsourcing comes of age in India

Rahul Bhatia: High Flier

PR Ramesh

The man who runs Indigo, India's most successful airline. A portrait

A Call from China

V Shoba

How Chinese handset maker Xiaomi, which has sold over a million smartphones in India, is revisiting its strategy to ride a second wave of growth

Here Come the Wealth Managers

V Shoba

And they are the fortune tellers for the new-generation entrepreneurs. We step into their world of high stakes and smart thinking to get a glimpse of the new economy at work

The Budget Ratio to Wrestle With

Aresh Shirali

Global observers may knit their brows over this brazen shrug at conventional economic wisdom, but India’s Fiscal Responsibility Act is not carved in stone

In Search of a Cure for Taxophobia

Aresh Shirali

The Four Canons of Taxation outlined in Adam Smith’s 1776-published classic, The Wealth of Nations, still make for a superb set of first principles

THE ANATOMY OF LAYOFFS

James Joseph

The TCS pink slip controversy is an occasion to reflect on corporate terminations of employment. Plus, a survival guide for those at the receiving end

THE STATE BANKER OF INDIA

V Shoba

It began as a slip of a girl in a blue sari. In a male bastion, the queen of Indian banking who took the helm of SBI at a time of financial gloom wears her crown well

SHE WHO BROKE TWO GLASS CEILINGS

Madhavankutty Pillai

A Dalit entrepreneur who earned Rs 2 per day once upon a time and survived a suicide attempt is recognised as someone who saved one of Mumbai’s illustrious companies