funding

The Wages of Profligacy

Siddharth Singh

Behind the political anger directed at the Election Commission for asking parties to explain how they plan to fund their promised freebies lies an ever-growing threat to the Indian economy

The Indian Art of Giving

Madhavankutty Pillai

On artists donating works to raise funds for the Kochi Biennale and forms of charity

Where Bollywood Gets Its Mojo

Shalini Ray

Why would anyone invest crores in an industry where most ventures bomb? Ask VCs gung-ho on Indian cinema projects

Merchants of Policy

Shanu Athiparambath

There is nothing ‘non-profit’ about most Indian think-tanks, contends Shanu Athiparambath, given the mindboggling ease with which funds are usually siphoned off