wealth creation

The Gold and the Beautiful

Arshia Sattar

Despite all the wealth, the epics are not entirely comfortable with displays of ostentation

What Numbers Don’t Tell

Bibek Debroy

What makes a country rich and why did India fall behind?

The Affluent Society

Text and Photographs: ULLEKH NP

How emigrants from Madhapar in Gujarat have made it one of Asia’s richest towns

Modi and the Marketplace

PR Ramesh

The Prime Minister has heralded a less-hypocritical approach by the state to business and wealth creation

The Capital City

Madhavankutty Pillai

Mumbai has its commercial roots in drug money. A profile of the City

The Politician versus the Plutocrat

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

The curious relationship between the ruling class and the business class

Even if it is not yet glorious, it is cool to be rich in an India that is shedding its socialist habits. You do not have to be a socialist to create an equal society. Even a responsible capitalist can achieve that

Why Indians hate the rich

Suhel Seth

There is more to it than political indoctrination and civilisational baggage

The Meaning of Lakshmi

Devdutt Pattnaik

The Goddess shows how wealth can be liberation

A Fine Balance

Uma Shashikant

Typical investor behaviour is at the two extremes of either doing nothing or trying too much. And it’s hard to avoid these extremes unless you know what constitutes just enough. A primer