Gurcharan Das

Gurcharan Das's memoir 'Another Sort of Freedom' brings to a close his search for a flourishing life based on the classical ideal of four goals of life – the purusharthas - artha, dharma, kama and moksha.

Veterans Unpacked | Gurcharan Das: 'Make a life, not just a living'

'Have a purpose in life, and whether in Covid or normal times, retired or working, you’ll know what to do after breakfast each morning.'

India has used 3-4% water from Indus: Gurcharan Das

India has barely used 3-4 percent of Indus water, believes Gurcharan Das, author & Commentator and former CEO, P&G. India is allowed 20 percent usage while Pakistan is allowed 80 percent.

BJP must give up opposition to FDI in retail: Gurcharan Das

Das said the incoming government needs to abolish at least 70 clearances if manufacturing in the country has to be boosted. There was also a need to reform senseless labour laws and at the same time have a labour welfare fund.

Indian business takes aim at AAP's economic policies

Surjit Bhalla, chairman of Oxus Investments, a financial advisory company, takes a similarly jaded view, calling the AAP "even more populist" than Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India's governing Congress party. "They have really zero clue about how the world has changed. Their economic policies hark back to the 1960s or 70s."

Change India: Why Lokpal is panacea for corruption cancer

Corruption can be handled in two ways, a bottom-up approach which reaches out as a larger meaning of corruption prevention, a top-down approach which begins with law, says Dr. Kiran Bedi, a prominent activist in the Anna movement against corruption.

Book Review: India Grows at Night

In his latest book, Gurcharan Das argues that India is a land of private success in the midst of public failure

Gurcharan Das: Free markets - the Indian way

Exercising 'dharma' or restraint is the key to maintaining the balance in capitalism

Anna Hazare arrested: Are hunger strikes justified?

Today, the government swooped down on team Anna Hazare, detaining and arresting them before they could even start their protest. Social Activist Nikhil Dey, the Editor-In-Chief from Divya Marathi, Kumar Ketkar, Author and Columnist, Gurcharan Das and Congress Spokesperson, Renuka Chowdhury argue it out with CNBC-TV18's Karan Thapar.

2005 Justice Sawant report: Is Anna guilty of corruption?

After all that has emerged about him, how should one understand Anna Hazare? CNBC-TV18's Karan Thapar discusses this key issue with a set of panelists.

Can the UPA revive its dented stature?

As 2011 gets underway, we start the year by examining the challenges facing the government. After the battering its image received last year can the UPA revive its dented stature?