The Supreme Court has held that trade unions do not have a constitutional, legal, or moral right to strike. I am not surprised that trade unions at the recent Indian Labour Conference denounced the verdict. But I was surprised that […]
Unconstitutional, illegal, immoral strikes Read More »
We cheer Indian companies that hold their own against multinational corporations. But, to the best of my knowledge, only one Indian company is No 1 in the world in its field. It is not Reliance, nor any Tata or Birla
Powerpack: How to be global No 1 Read More »
Should India stop accumulating reserves so rapidly and let the rupee appreciate against the dollar? Absolutely, said IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff when he visited India recently. He gave similar advice to all emerging Asian economies at the annual meeting
The case for currency appreciation Read More »
Once a decade or so, a book comes along that is so clear and insightful that people instantly recognise it as a masterpiece. The Future of Freedom by Fareed Zakaria is one such. It tears to pieces romantic notions of
Ulysses vs Narendra Modi Read More »
A Joint Parliamentary Committee has started inquiring into the affair of pesticides in soft drinks. The controversy has been analysed from several angles. Here is a new one. Even the best products need good marketing to succeed. CSE has a
Fizz cola: It\’s safer than milk Read More »
A Joint Parliamentary Committee has started inquiring into the affair of pesticides in soft drinks. The controversy has been analysed from several angles. Here is a new one. Even the best products need good marketing to succeed. CSE has a
Fizz cola: It\’s safer than milk Read More »
There has been much loose talk this year about a unipolar world in which the hegemonic USA dominates the globe as none has done since the Roman Empire. That has now been exposed as pure hype by US setbacks at
No unipolarity at Cancun Read More »
Many people ask me what will happen at this week’s meeting of the World Trade Organisation at Cancun. Well, don’t pay much attention: any changes will probably be marginal. More important, media reports on the WTO are typically in the
Imports are better than exports Read More »
Some time ago, the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman posed the question, why do Muslims join Al-Qaida in so many Arab countries but not in India? The answer, he said, lay in India being a secular democracy. In autocracies
Al-Qaida is already here Read More »
As a frequent visitor to the US, I can say that most Indians do not have the foggiest idea of American attitudes and trends following the Iraq war. Many Indians ask me whether President George Bush is in serious political
George Bush is smiling Read More »
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