Civil society, whose legitimacy lies primarily in its own eyes, has won an equal role in shaping the Lok Pal Bill, which has the potential to change the way India is governed.
The year 2010 was a tumultuous one for micro-finance institutions (MFIs) in India.
China is rapidly emerging as the country that matters the most to India.
There is an inevitable good fallout from the government's recent proposal to limit the interest rate levied by large microfinance institutions getting priority sector loans from banks.
The challenge for India is to write a new chapter in low-cost urban development.
Chandigarh remains the only new independent city of any consequence built in independent India.
The embattled Left Front has done one more volte face by deciding to regularise hawkers in Kolkata's busiest streets.
Even if the government starts issuing vouchers which can be sold, a fairly early sunset will be written into them because of new technology clearly on the horizon , says Subir Roy.
There can be no forgetting the Margaret Thatcher principle of leaving something on the table for the small investor.
The signal is that it is willing, but it is a bit open if it will be able to.
Money and value propositions similarly dictate the unending growth of Delhi.
Looking inward, innovating for the Indian market, and IT-led innovation to make possible no-frills accounts and microfinance loans will be key elements of the medium-term strategy for corporate India.
The climate accord secured for India a place at the high table in recognition of its importance for the rest of the world, says Subir Roy.
San Francisco and Bangalore have a lot in common but there is a lot more that is different.Bangalore needs to imbibe the spirit of San Francisco.
As Copenhagen has got going amidst more hope than was there initially, attention must shift to the massive task that lies beyond.
The greatest plus of the Duronto is the service of the outsourced catering staff.
The gap between promise and achievement in JNNURM is enormous.
Dun and Bradstreet forecasts that overall inflation will touch 6 per cent by the end of the current fiscal, fuelled by, among others, current high food prices and the impact of the drought. The 20 per cent deficit in the monsoon is slated to bring down kharif output by 15-20 per cent. The news couldn't get worse.
Thirty-plus years in journalism had taught me that the fault lay in us, not taking the initiative to set things right and expecting that the authorities would perform their task. If the city was filthy in the most intolerable places then why didn't we pick up the shovel and get to work.
What is really needed is a tenure track where higher pay goes with accountability, not peer review which tends to favour the upward drift of the incumbent mediocrity.
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