The prime minister is right when he exhorts the corporate world to rethink its terms of engagement in a society as poor and in as much flux as India.
Competition-induced consumer awareness creates a virtuous circle of greater corporate responsibility
The policies that kept the Left Front in power for 30 years are proving major obstacles in the state's bid to industrialise.
The finance minister appears to be harking back to the seventies and eighties by prevailing on cement and steel manufacturers to hold the price line despite the hit they'll take on margins.
Like corporations all round the world and of all nationalities, Indian businesses understand the urgent need to acquire global scale and efficiencies to succeed.
Widespread job restlessness and the concomitant evolution of the human resources function are, of course, a good sign of the times.
The ability to manage against the odds that has given Indian entrepreneurs a unique skill.