Good intentions are best left to political parties, governments and religious establishments, suggests T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
'A hangover of the Raj, there's no one quite like the desi butler who knows the order in which a meal must be served, and will not be distracted from his watch by modern memsahibs and their slightly unusual ways or requests,' says Kishore Singh.
Now they are reinventing their strategies to stay afloat, as they see no sign of recovery for at least six months.
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If it splits now, who takes what away and leaves what behind? asks Shekhar Gupta.
Why was it so easy for students to get a college degree? asks Geetanjali Krishna.
Plastic bags are but one aspect of India's growing waste management crisis, says Geetanjali Krishna.
The government must send out a clear signal that leadership positions at regulatory bodies are not a preserve of retired government officials, argues A K Bhattacharya.
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Failure to sell Air India, IDBI may have prompted a change in strategy.
In the 52 newly listed companies since 2014, fund managers have a total investment of a mere 2.5 per cent of their assets under management.
Trust today means more than the belief that a brands' products will work as advertised; consumers want to believe that the company truly cares for its customers.
Hopefully, all's well that ends well, and business should get back to normal soon, says Alok Chandra.
A Delhi court has taken strong exception to a large number of extra marital affairs being converted into rape cases. A court in Delhi has acquitted a man accused of raping a married woman on the false promise of marriage.
10 per cent for those who earn up to Rs 30 lakh a year and 25 per cent for those who earn more, suggests T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
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'Sooner or later the right kind of guy will come along, who likes you for who you are, not based on the clothes you wear,' says Love Guru.
Zohnerism drives our daily consumption of news and shaping our understanding of most issues, warns Sandeep Goyal.
Don't focus on market or product returns -- focus on your target rate of return, and then choose an investment.
'This debate is going on all over the world and everybody is saying that only GDP cannot estimate the real (economic) situation of a country.'
'Saibaba has 19 ailments, including severe heart and kidney problems.' 'Even healthy persons find their systems failing after Covid.' 'What will happen to someone like Saibaba?', Professor G N Saibaba's wife asks Jyoti Punwani.
Nothing in India's recent history suggests that India can provide 8-9 million jobs a year, let alone generate 50 million jobs in any reasonable time, notes Mahesh Vyas.
'That one of Delhi's busiest crossings, within a stone's throw of Lutyens' habitat, should be hostage to the mercy of hoodlums, who think nothing of attacking and thieving in plain sight of thousands of commuters without dread of reprisal, is scary,' says Kishore Singh.
Top officials said asking employees other than the fund management team to mandatorily invest a fifth of their salary goes against the principle of natural justice.
Of the 600 young change makers who made the cut this year '1:6 are immigrants from 44 countries' -- an important ratio in the age of growing protectionism.
Contempt should be restricted to the disobedience of orders and rulings. Any failure to obey the court in a dispute that doesn't involve it should alone invite contempt proceedings, observes T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
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Garbh Vigyan Sanskar's logic: Have sex when the right planets are lined up; stop after you get pregnant, notes Mitali Saran.
Harvey Weinstein's indictment is important because it sends out the message that a sexual predator can be brought to justice even if the crime occurred years ago, when the victim did not have the courage or the agency to speak out, notes Shuma Raha.
The ones who came more recently were clutching the green cards that gave them an escape hatch through which to return to green pastures: Arvind Panagariya, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian and other perfectly honourable gentlemen like them, points out T N Ninan.
And what if all this happened so fast and so extensively that we never quite had the opportunity to call the broker and say 'Sell'?
The Madras High Court on Thursday stayed the operation of certain sub-clauses of the recently introduced Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
If your equity gains are less than Rs100,000 in a financial year, you can breathe easy.
'There is enough proof of science-driven research in the India of early centuries,' argues Kumar Abhishek.
'If you give your ID and password to somebody else, how can anybody blame the technology for that problem?'
'Why not knock off a few more kilos and a couple of inches now that the desire for an amble has replaced that for cheesecake?' wonders Kishore Singh.
The pandemic is taking a deep, emotional, scarring toll. Will we survive, asks Shruti Vyas. If we do, will we be the same?
'Attempts to buy myself a pair of jeans proved unfruitful because there didn't appear to be a pair that wasn't ripped by design'. 'All the fashion seemed to be for the sickeningly young,' reports Kishore Singh after a recent trip to the mall.
'Whether you think you're better off as friends, or whether you want to give things a try with him, you need to talk things out with him.'
'The digital economy will generate 60 to 65 million jobs by 2025, 20 million more than the 40 to 45 million existing jobs that are in danger of disappearing or getting automated,' points out T N Ninan.
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