"A Meryl Streep or Jimmy Kimmel can speak their mind, and stay assured that they won't be harmed." "That does not happen in India. Goons can land up anywhere unannounced. The rampant online abuse......
I still believe that it is a good thing that think tanks are mushrooming in Delhi. They provide a platform for discussion, even if they shed more heat than light. With Parliament almost incapable......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday announced the setting up of a high-level expert group led by former Reserve Bank of India governor C Rangarajan to formulate a jobs plan for Jammu and......
The incoming Barack Obama administration is likely to appoint veteran troubleshooter Richard C Holbrooke as a special envoy to Pakistan and India amid tensions in the sub-continent following the......
Eager to shed its image of a party which thinks and lives in the past, the Congress is keen to be seen as a modern, all-inclusive entity whose focus is not only on politics but on life beyond that.......
Government-industry relations seem to be hitting a new low. But without co-operation, a recovery in 2012-13 will be impossible, says former chief mentor of CII, Tarun Das. The year 2011 has been a......
After roping in eminent technocrat Sam Pitroda as Kerala's "development mentor", the Congress-led UDF Government plans to utilise the services of E Sreedharan as his term as MD of Delhi Metro Rail......
When Amit Mitra took charge as secretary-general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry close to two decades ago, this grand old organisation of Indian business had lost much......
As a rule, when Tarun Das speaks, he is to be taken seriously. The exception occurs when the Confederation of Indian Industry's former chief mentor says that Deepa Prahalad is a clone of her......
The murmurs of a resurgence of Bengali intelligentsia are getting louder on the Capital's Raisina Hill. So, when Tarun Das, ex-chief mentor of the Confederation of Indian Industry, and Shekhar......