Hers is a rags-to-riches story for the ages, peppered with risks, determination and strokes of luck.
India's banks are propping up too many weak producers.
'Unless we change and we see a change in the direction we are taking, times can only get worse.'
India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
I-T lens on current account deposits over Rs 12.5 lakh. All the news and more post demonetisation.
In a growth market, these funds should not form more than 10-15% of your portfolio. Invest with a horizon of at least 5 years
A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran
Sensex ends lower; govt schemes in focus.
Single window clearances for realty must.
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
R K Studios is not just another piece of real estate; it is part of India's movie history.
Three businessmen disclose their success mantras: One belongs to an old Marwari family, another is a second generation industrialist whose father scripted an amazing rags-to-riches story and the third was a professional till one day he succumbed to the charms of entrepreneurship.
Affaq Husain and his wife Saira built a Rs 100 crore empire preying on the most vulnerable people in society.
Sheela Bhatt meets Bharti Patel, a truly exceptional mother of our times whose son Dr Vikram Patel was recently ranked among Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2015, to find out her recipe for a remarkable upbringing.
With an aggressive Opposition and unyielding government, important legislation could be the biggest casualty, as details of the helicopter contract surface.
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Crony capitalism will of course generate investment and ensure profit for private capital, but it won't give employment or income to the people. If you can make money by selling coal or speculating in land, why produce electricity, why invest in research and development, why even set up factories, asks Praful Bidwai.
Few top honchos of India Inc did very well in 2014.
Piramals are the largest investors in the Indian real estate sector after HDFC, with investments worth $3 billion already.
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
Jyoti Punwani examines the relevance of the Sairat, the hit Marathi film everyone is talking about, in today's times.
Drones are being sold by e-retailers like Flipkart and Snapdeal for less than Rs 40,000 apiece.
'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.' 'It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.' 'In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC President Mukesh Aghi tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com about how he advises American companies to do business with India, what he thinks of Modi's government and the way forward for the India-US relationship.
"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.
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