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India Inc. in distress

This is the age of terror – physical (blasts, shootings, and crashes), cyber-warfare (Russia’s alleged influence on elections in the US, Latin America,...

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Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 12 : Rob Peter to Pay Peter

For the past three decades, it proved to be the dreaded ‘D’ word. Disinvestment ensured that the cash-rich public sector undertakings (PSUs) remained...

Debt Burden
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NATIONAL COMPANY FLAW TRIBUNAL

Experts praised it. Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley gloated over its achievements. Several entrepreneurs hailed its efforts. But when one examines the intricacies...

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Corruption

From Raj to Rafale11:Bofors and After

THE investigations into the Bofors’ bribes were unique for several reasons. It was the first time in independent India that a huge defence...

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Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 10 Halal Street

Ever since the birth of the Indian stock market–the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the oldest in Asia, has its roots in the 19th...

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Political Catastrophe

THE business of politics, today, is more important than politics. In fact, politics is now taken over by business, either in terms of...

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Corruption

FROM RAJ TO RAFALE 9 Predators on the Prowl

IT started with a seemingly inconsequential policy to woo NRIs. In the 1982 Budget, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee allowed Indians settled abroad to...

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DEMOGRAPHY & DEMOCRACY : The Numbers that count

For decades, from the 1980s to 2000s, experts lamented that the burgeoning middle class, especially the youth, was completely apolitical and a party...

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From Raj to Rafale 8 : Conspiracy of complicity

AS we saw in the previous two pieces, Indira Gandhi dictated the new rules of corruption, which ensured that every single government deal,...

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Disrupted

BUDDHIST texts have often referred to the analogy of a finger and the moon. Even the late Bruce Lee used it in a...