Features

Sugar Shudders

Haima Deshpande

A national sugar crisis. An Assembly election in Maharashtra. For better or worse, they’re closely entwined.

The ABC of OBC Counts

Shivam Vij

Counting SC and ST numbers helps implement programmes for them better.

How about Leaving the CBI Alone?

Jatin Gandhi

Home Minister Chidambaram’s red card on arbitrary transfers of police officers.

India This Week

arindam

Pranab’s overdrive on austerity; Bollywood composer Vishal Dadlani’s take on Shivaji; and Anil Ambani’s spat with the media

The Government Is Richer than It Thinks

Ninad D. Sheth

Disinvestment has not turned out badly at all for the government. Will we see any more of the 159 profitable central PSUs getting listed any time soon?

Recession Hits the Underworld

Haima Deshpande

There’s an eerie hush in the Mumbai underworld. Guns have made way for knives, sharpshooters for chain snatchers. Is the age of the dons over?

The Hatch

Anil B. Lulla

Between a great business idea and a successful business lies yawning uncertainty. Enter the incubators.

Curse of the Deadline

Shubhangi Swarup

It makes some people fall sick, it gives others focus. Some people hate it, others love it. What deadlines do to different kinds of people

Now Men Flaunt the Ankle

Kabeer Sharma

Trousers are getting shorter. So, is the next battle of the sexes going to be on hemlines?

B for Bottleneck

Premchand Palety

Business schools in India need to stop acting like glorified placement agencies, and start working towards creating entrepreneurs and innovators who can become agents of change.