Self-inflicted wounds
Both the Rupee and India’s economy are victims of poor governance Will the ides of March bring relief from India’s politically-driven, precipitate, yet in some...
A failure of success
Retooling the rural employment guarantee The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) is arguably the biggest poverty elimination scheme...
Keeping promoters on the leash
R Vaidyanathan IN THE wake of the massive fraud by the promoters of Satyam Computers, one of India’s biggest IT firms, there has been a lively debate about the...
Retail in doldrums
Prashant Kumar Singh There are signs that India’s retail revolution is in danger of fizzling out. Many retailers in Mumbai and New Delhi region are abandoning...
When it’s good to slow down
V Anantha Nageswaran Fiscal policy to support the poor and monetary policy to restrain demand What then is the answer? Governments the world over should allow growth...
Business interests vs national interests
Indian companies must be more pro-India Sameer Wagle Indian companies must go beyond merely maximising shareholder value to look at value maximisation for India...
Needed: A new monsoon strategy
Tushaar Shah The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a normal monsoon for 2008. If true, this will be good augury, coming after three successive...
Know your consumer?
Aadisht Khanna Books by Indian academics suffer from dreariness and an inability to communicate with a lay audience, while books by business professionals are often...
Where is the financial superhighway?
Aadisht Khanna A country has started a massive highway construction project. The decision makers in the country’s government and key influencers in its media...
Confessions of a retailer
Ravikiran Rao Quite clearly, Mr Biyani understands India—or at least “India Two”, the one that he grew up with. He also has the business acumen to...




