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The Dauphin and the Figurehead

Timing is everything, and with a number of state elections soon, leading to the general election next year, the cynicism and opportunism are manifest. The…

INDIA, THE CLASS ACT

With this kind of rebellious example, how will fair play and righteousness prevail? Won’t the lower castes get out of hand? In this decadent age,…

10 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business

They say nothing sharpens our minds as much as high danger or a threat to our survival. We are prepared to stand and fight when…

U.S. BASES VITAL FOR PHILIPPINE SECURITY, OFFICIAL WARNS

AQUINO VOWS TO DEFEND BESIEGED PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY

CHANGE

When I stepped into this role in mid-2010, it seemed India was unstoppable. Gross Domestic Product growth had averaged 8.5 per cent since 2004, when…

Ready For Battle

I remember sticking an aluminium one-yen coin and a copper one-US-cent coin to my computer screen in Tokyo around the mid-1990s and watching in fascination…

Hooks & Crooks

I remember a composite satellite photograph of the world taken at night time. One country stood out like a black blotch on a map that…

Are Indian CEOs Overpaid?

The day before this issue of Business Today hits news stands, America will vote for a new president. The day after you invest less than…

India’s Coolest Start-Ups

Some things were on a fast track as the heat dragged us into the dog days of June, and some were on a slow track.…

WHO WILL CAST THE FIRST STONE?

The Jan Lokpal Bill may need to move from idealism to realism; the solution may also lie in granting independence and teeth to existing agencies…

Lemmings or Llamas?

The US is on life support, and Asian creditors led by China, which holds $1.16 trillion of US treasuries, control the intravenous drip. Asian central…