Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a huge victory in 2014 on the slogan, “Less Government, More Governance,” a heartening way of functioning by the country’s central government. However, unlike the…
Our family recently spent ten days in Cuba. It was a very interesting holiday—time warps, the best and worst of socialism, initial days of entrepreneurship, corruption, racism and simplicity. We…
My dad, Mario de P Miranda, passed away a few days back. During one of our last conversations, he asked me why I had not written a blog for so…
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…
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 of democracy on this…
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…
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…