eBay Watch

Saturday 21 November '09

The rapid spread of H1N1 (swine flu) across countries has underlined the power of a potent virus to propagate itself.

By the people?

Thursday 5 November '09

Lobbying by ‘civil society’ for the CIC’s post is fraught with consequences

In whose name?

Saturday 17 October '09

Delhi’s Khan Chacha kebabs and the bone of copyright contention....

Boardroom populists

Monday 5 October '09

From South Africa, another warning on how governments can wreck private business

Credit where it’s not due

Monday 14 September '09

A year after Lehman’s collapse, we still have to get the rogues’ gallery right

PEACE OF HEART

Sunday 6 September '09

Though not a tourist haunt, Bosnia has more than war tales to offer

Who writes history?

Thursday 27 August '09

You cannot but notice. The most heated history-centred debate in recent times has been ignited not by a professional...

Against the grain

Friday 24 July '09

The government, it seems, has decided to go slow on the Food Security Act, something it had promised to enact very quickly, just a month ago.

Accounting for reform

Thursday 18 June '09

The battle lines for the agenda of economic reform have been drawn less than a month into the UPA’s second term in office.

Like Blair, like BJP?

Thursday 28 May '09

Reorienting political parties is difficult but it can be done

Sum of so much trivia

Thursday 9 April '09

Election season in the world’s largest and most diverse democracy ought to be the perfect stage for a display of leadership...

Wisdom at the barricades

Wednesday 1 April '09

This is the time to sustain good reformist economics, on the crutches of smart populism

Get out of my dreams, get into my car

Tuesday 24 March '09

Historically, the auto industry is a significant driver of the economy

Cash and carry

Monday 9 March '09

Is Chandrababu Naidu’s cash transfer idea just populism?

Where governments fail to tread

Thursday 26 February '09

What ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ can tell us about the virtues of free market capitalism

Like This Only

Sunday 15 February '09

An engaging look at the dark underbelly of our politics and society

The partisans

Friday 13 February '09

Democratic systems work not on neutrality but on checks and balances

Republic of control

Thursday 29 January '09

Policing or controlling culture is the domain not only of the fringe

This time in Kolkata

Sunday 25 January '09

Even before Satyam, family businesses have been mined for stories of intrigue

Blowing the whistle

Wednesday 14 January '09

A good law would help conscientious employees highlight fraud

The placard wars

Thursday 25 December '08

Well-directed public anger can enable radical change. Naïve protests are part of the rot

We the elite

Thursday 4 December '08

The elite constituency has managed to unite a divided polity on at least the issue of economic reform, arguably for the greater good. Can we now do the same for internal security reform? Perhaps, but first one must examine why such reform has never been on our wishlist

Get out of the cocoon

Wednesday 26 November '08

Banks are lending very little. Yet, most are well-capitalised and not highly leveraged. And there are plenty of prime borrowers who need loans to buy cars and houses

Pirates of the digital screen

Tuesday 18 November '08

Internet piracy has moved beyond illegal downloading of music and movies. And its newest, and quite lucrative, target is the sports broadcasting industry.

On a learning curve

Friday 31 October '08

In a global financial tsunami, little Iceland holds valuable lessons for India