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Can election manifestos show the way to Viksit Bharat?

Elections are not won or lost by expounding on such macro-economic matters. For the aam admi, what matters in manifestos are promises that will improve their quality of life, notes Vinayak......

Is V K Singh Up For Promotion?

Different ministers of state in the Narendra D Modi ministry were assigned to receive G20 heads of State and government and other world leaders on their arrival in Delhi on Friday, September 8,......

Last count: 148,707 Indians died in road accidents in 2015

Indian roads are far more unsafe than its railways. A sense of urgency is required to tackle India's embarrassing record on road safety, says Vinayak Chatterjee. IMAGE: The total number of road......

Aristotle Would Have Envied Ivan

Ivan Menezes and Arvind Subramanian -- whose birthdays were separated by a month and 3 days in 1959 -- became close friends attending the economics course at St Stephen's.Ivan went on to be a......

Western Railway probe blames heavy rain for Elphinstone stampede

A railway inquiry has blamed a downpour and panic due to people mistaking the cries of a vendor for the September 29 Elphinstone foot overbridge stampede in Mumbai that killed 23 people and......

Infra needs fast-track board, says top analyst

Steps are needed at granular level, not at policy stage, to boost investment in infrastructure, says Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Infrastructure Services Private Limited. Chatterjee,......

India's infrastructure: What needs to be done

It is time infrastructure managers started adopting the best practices in project execution, says Vinayak Chatterjee. For the last two decades, the Indian manufacturing sector has strived, and......

12 ways India can revamp its creaky infrastructure

Vinayak Chatterjee says while the challenges are manifold, There are still ways the new government can breathe life into the country’s infrastructure agenda. It was around the Ninth Plan......

The A to Z of India's most controversial sector

Familiarity with the alphabet is important to understand the language of the country's most controversial sector, writes Vinayak Chatterjee. A: A is a busy alphabet. There is "auction", which is......

Is National Investment Board needed?

Vinayak ChatterjeeChairman, Feedback Infra "Over 65 clearances are required for a thermal power project at three different levels - federal, state and local. There are 17 ministries at the central......

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......

'They said casting Alia was a mistake'

'Gangubai required Alia to change her body language, voice, even the look in her eyes.''I threw the challenge at her and she was more than up to it.' IMAGE: Alia Bhatt spotted at Sanjay Leela......