TRENDS
Diwali 2023: Magic of marigolds in our midst
The yellow orange spectrum strums happy tidings in the human heart. No wonder the marigold flower has gone down very well as an augury of auspiciousness.
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Wokeism takes a hit as Malala and Greta Thunberg weigh in on Gaza conflict
Why wokes around the world have been put on notice.
TRENDS
Dealing with the menace of spam calls
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s 'do not call' registry has been a complete washout. However, some relief may come from penalties imposed on culprits and the new Digital India Act 2023.
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Remembering Arvind Mafatlal, an industrialist whose vision embraced societal well-being
In 1967, as Bihar suffered from a terrible famine, Arvind Mafatlal came to one small district, Ranka, in response to the call for help. What he saw there had a profound, life-altering impact on him.
CRICKET
Transformation of cricket from sport to business is complete
Business of cricket, from free live streaming of World Cup matches to cricket ad spots and sponsors, and cricket academies.
TRENDS
GameStop hits celluloid and is aptly titled Dumb Money
As the second wave of Covid-19 sent people back indoors, the GameStop stock started rising, from $3.25 in April 2020 to $145 by January 26, 2021, and then to $469 two days later...
TRENDS
Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk book review: The difficulty of pinning down Elon Musk and his many contradictions
Walter Isaacson does a great job of getting Elon Musk to open up about his difficult childhood, but the book could have used more candid analyses.
LIFESTYLE
Masala Desh that is India that is Bharat
What if countries were named after their most famous product? There’s a reason why the typical potboiler from Bollywood is termed a 'masala' movie.
TRENDS
Offshore tax havens have become a vital part of global business
And just how powerful these tax havens have become can be judged by the abject failure of various efforts to reign in their powers.
TRENDS
2023 G20 Summit: Needed, a smart city for our hard-working politicians
There is precedence for this - many countries have seen the wisdom of taking their rulers far away from the folks they rule.
INDIA
India has found new sporting heroes and a place in the global leagues
Recent successes of Indian sportspeople across disciplines from badminton to javelin throw and golf signal that India is finding its place on the sporting high table of the world.
LIFESTYLE
The fading calls of 'kai po che'
In the India of the 1970s, flying kites was a shared passion. In recent years, its popularity has been on the decline.
TRENDS
The young will save the world, but only after they have finished finding themselves
Will the next generation build a better India? Not necessarily, if the example of the millennials is anything to go on.
INDIA
Blind belief in Western institutions is colonialism’s unfortunate legacy to India
It is an all too familiar story. A new report is issued by a Western institution criticizing some aspects of India's polity or economy. Instantly a howl of protest follows.
TRENDS
A sin tax on online gaming allows the government to sidestep the morality debate
Gaming and casinos have joined crypto trading, cigarettes and liquor in the category of activities which fall under the dreaded sin tax bracket in India. But do sin taxes work, and how?
TRENDS
Why startups aren’t a great place to start your career
An employee at a clueless startup is like the blind leading the blind.
BUSINESS
Institutional activism an effective check on unbridled promoter power
Given the notorious pusillanimity of independent directors, whose role in Indian companies is in marked contrast to their rising levels of independence in both the US and UK, the onus of raising corporate governance standards in the country falls upon the powerful institutions
BUSINESS
50 years on, Watergate is a reminder of journalism’s power to do good
On July 23, 1973, then US president Richard Nixon refused to turn over presidential tape recordings in an investigation into one of the biggest political scandals in US history - Watergate.
BUSINESS
Tata aims for global EV supply chain dominance with £4-billion gigafactory
Its two captive auto-making units, Tata Motors at home and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in Europe give it the advantage of two anchor customers already in place, a definite edge over other pure play battery makers.
LIFESTYLE
Call it tomato or tomahto, the price is still too high
After the onion, it is the turn of the ruddy tomato to make the Indian house husband weep.
BUSINESS
Foxconn-Vedanta deal breakup brings out government’s dilemma in picking national champions
Across the world countries have picked business houses to make investments that can push their development agenda. India is no different
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
WHO put aspartame in the same cancer 'hazard' category as aloe vera extract and some pickles
Many food scientists are coming around to the view that anything artificial is potentially carcinogenic. Others say that aspartame cancer risk is just one more ill-advised piece of communication from WHO.
CRICKET
BCCI needs to get rid of its colonial legacy of control
Nearly 85 years and much cricket later, including two World Cup triumphs, why would a name with clear imperial roots still be in place?
INDIA
How the Emergency of June 1975 helped us grow up
Declared 48 years ago on June 25, 1975, the Emergency was a bitter political science lesson - drawn not from our books but from the world around us.
