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Nihal Singh: the wordsmith wedded to the word till late in the evening
When you went for a walk or jog in New Delhi’s fabulous Lodhi Garden in the late evening, there was a sureshot way of checking if all was well with …
Table ke neeche kya hai? Trump, Modi and the tale of two pictures
The iconic British business newspaper Financial Times used to run a fine weekly feature, not so long ago, on the tables in the corner offices of top business leaders. The …
Does Amitabh Bachchan own the name ‘Vijay’?
PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: A first-generation newspaper promoter launches a newspaper with his first name as part of the title. After a few years, he sells the now …
‘India, not a rising power or an emerging power’
Ramachandra Guha in a piece titled “India is too corrupt to become a superpower”, in the Financial Times, London: “The Republic of India today faces challenges that are as much …
CHURUMURI POLL: Do B-schools have a problem?
Now in its 10th year, India’s top B-school, the Indian School of Business, is facing a serious crisis of credibility. Founded by some of the “best minds from the corporate …
‘Advani offers nothing creative, only resentment’
Aakar Patel does an excellent appraisal of Lalchand Kishinchand Advani in Mint, the business daily owned by the Hindustan Times group, on the basis of his memoir: “If Advani has …
Tatas, turtles and Corporate Social Responsibility
The Tata Nano is so yesterday. SHOBHA SARADA VISWANATHAN, in New Delhi, forwards a copy of an advertisement (above) taken out by Greenpeace in the Financial Times, London, and the …
How come media did not spot the Satyam fraud?
A requiem for Indian business journalism, in the delightfully breathless style of Juan Antonio Giner, founder-director, Innovation International Media: ‘Satyam’, meaning truth. India’s fourth largest software services provider. The darling …
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