Features

Niira Radia’s Nightmare

TR Vivek

For India’s most successful public image manager to suffer an image crisis is an irony that requires us to think beyond the obvious.

Out of Thin Air

KA Shaji

Why does Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja seem so secure? The ‘code division’ and ‘multiple access’ intricacies of Tamil politics.

You Are No Safer for This Verdict

Ninad D. Sheth

The judge has spoken. Ajmal Kasab is guilty. Our Home Minister has declared that this is a message to Pakistan and a victory for India. Is it, really? Not a chance.

Weird Indian Jobs

Team Open

Presenting seven Indian jobs that you would not have believed existed.

Olympian Heights

Sajeda Momin

London’s tallest structure, dwarfing the Statue of Liberty by 22 metres, is being designed by Indian-origin sculptor Anish Kapoor. And what’s more, NRI Lakshmi Mittal is footing the bill.

The Yuan Can What Dollar Cannot

Ninad D. Sheth

The two great world powers, China and the United States, are sparring real time on the value of China’s currency, the yuan.

India This Week

arindam

Slipping in Some Unusual Places; Can’t Afford Celebrations; City-bred ‘Maoists’; Puppets Who Aid the UPA’s Survival; SC Sets Punjab House in Order

The Secret Ring of Private Equity

Ninad D. Sheth

It’s money that is noiselessly and forcefully reshaping Indian business. Some $10 billion is set to come in this year, making India one of its hottest destinations.

The B, C and D of Governance

B Ashok

At the civil service academy in Mussoorie, he taught probationers the value of the A B C of Governance. He abandoned it hastily once confronted with reality. Here’s why, in his own words.