Swaminathan Aiyar wrote an interesting article in the Times of India recently where he talked about how the anti-corruption agitations in 2011 forced the government to pass the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act…
A couple of months back, I caught up in New York with Victor Menezes, former vice chairman of Citicorp. Victor was my hero in my formative years and my dad…
Image: Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com A lot has been said about the level of intolerance in India. We are not alone and we see the same in the other great pillar…
Let’s hope that Parliament actually works this session and that petty politics does not derail the efficient operation of our democracy yet again. One of the important pieces of legislation…
I was a young FX dealer in 1991 when PV Narasimha Rao took over as prime minister and, together with Manmohan Singh, opened up the Indian economy. I had returned…
Dr Vijay Kelkar recently gave me a copy of the ‘Report of the Committee on Revisiting and Revitalising Public Private Partnership Model of Infrastructure’. He chaired the committee that wrote…
Image: Shutterstock I was visiting my daughter last weekend and I picked up a book at the F&M College Bookstore – On Inequality by Harry Frankfurt, professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University….
Image: Shutterstock August was an interesting month. Among other things, China devalued its currency—the yuan. Though the devaluation was just 2.8%, it sent a huge signal. And when China finally sneezed,…
Image: Shutterstock Over the years I have benefited from the advice of many people. Starting off with my mum and dad (often that ‘advice’ could be termed ‘nagging’ or ‘yelling’; we’ve…
Image: Natalia Davidovich / Shutterstock Our family recently did a one-month road trip from Mumbai to Leh and back. Before you ask, yes, we still talk to each other after the trip!…