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How We Buy

Why we savour as much as monitor our family experience at large-format outlets. And why we are not ready to dump our cornerstore kiranawala

The Imperfect Investor

Spare a moment to recognise and think about your cognitive biases and other behavioural quirks, and you might just make a lot more money

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

The Tumblr Comedians

A bunch of social networkers on the web have kept tabs on Michael Jordan’s outfits, the late Kim Jong Il’s postures and other such absurdities to hilarious effect

“If Something Slips off, Call Me”

Impressions of a fly on the wall at the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai

Return to Libya

About a fortnight ago, the country celebrated the first anniversary of its revolution. An Indian professor, now back at his university there after a gap of ten months, is pleased to see his students who had turned into armed revolutionaries get back to their books again. His report

India’s Own Mormons

American presidential candidate Mitt Romney might have suddenly made this religious sect famous, but its members have been around in India since 1851

Microfinance: Signs of Revival

Microlending was banned in Andhra on charges of exploitation. Can RBI regulation set things right in the sector?

The Third Front Daydream

The Samajwadi Party’s emphatic win has revived an idea repeatedly proven untenable

Television as Political Theatre

...and the splendid isolation of talking heads doing election analysis in TV studios

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