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Rajeev Srinivasan: Why Indian education sucks!

'Indian education has, after Independence, produced nothing whatsoever -- yes, absolutely nothing -- of global calibre. Not one earth-shaking discovery or invention, not one outstanding......

Rajeev Srinivasan: Why Modi scares the usual suspects

Rajeev Srinivasan on why Narendra Modi is a threat to the establishment because he overturns many of the convenient myths they propagate. It is a predictable winter ritual: Around this time......

Rajeev Srinivasan On Protectionism

One of the articles of faith these days is that free trade is a panacea for all sorts of evils. Proponents of free trade and the concomitant globalization argue that comparative advantage is key.......

Will Rajeev Chandrasekhar Upset Shashi Tharoor?

I hope those who underestimate Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be proved wrong in this fight for Thiruvananthapuram's future, notes Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Rajeev Chandrashekhar, the Bharatiya Janata......

Rajeev Srinivasan: The Jaichand syndrome

I was astonished at the March 10th news of the arrest and harassment of Indian IT professionals by Malaysian authorities, especially as the news stories talked about how they were arrested from......

The saga of the rupee and why it is falling

Rajeev Srinivasan looks at the reasons behind the debacle. The currency exchange rate is a representation of the market sentiment about the strength of a nation's economy. As such, it is often......

Rescuing the rupee: What can be done

Rajeev Srinivasan suggests some ways that a layman, not an economist or politician, might accept. Part I: The saga of the rupee and why it is falling I listened to a recent talk by Paul Krugman......

Will Microsoft now woo Nokia?

Rajeev Srinivasan on radical shake-ups in the cellular handset industry. The surprise news of Google's proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion on August 15 demonstrates how......

Has Apple invented a new computing paradigm?

The iPad might allow Apple to disrupt the publishing industry, as it has done with music and telecom already, says Rajeev Srinivasan. Apple Computer announced on Monday that the iPad had sold 1......

C K Prahalad - the man who knew strategy

Rajeev Srinivasan considers the legacy of the man who popularised strategic intent and the Bottom of the Pyramid. If you have any memories of the management guru, or opinion about how his......

What Made Shaji N Karun A Master Film-Maker

With Piravi, Shaji N Karun joined the select group of great masters of film.Malayalam once upon a time used to produce such films.Today, it is only mindless violence, politics and grotesque......

Of film festivals and dealing with mortality

Reporting from the recently concluded International Film Festival of Kerala, Rajeev Srinivasan writes about two particularly striking films that were screened at the fest.The 17th International......

Where Biutiful meets Elektra

Rajeev Srinivasan on one of the best film festivals in India. Perhaps the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) has an outsize reputation because of the dedicated army of cineastes and......

A taste of Cannes in India

Rajeev Srinivasan on one of the best film festivals in India. This is the second year in a row that I have managed to make it to the International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum from......

Guess where India's best film festival is held?

The 16th International Film Festival of Kerala will end on Friday, December 16. Check out Rajeev Srinivasan's lowdown at what happened at the festival. It's becoming a bit of a pilgrimage in......

Will BCCI elect Srinivasan as its ICC representative?

IMAGE: It was former BCCI chief Narayanswami Srinivasan, the tough negotiator, who had made India powerhouse at the ICC Board Meetings during his tenure as chairman. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty......

BCCI vs CoA: Srinivasan faction meet in Capital

Members of the various Board of Control for Cricket in India state units owing their allegiance to former president Narayanaswami Srinivasan met, in New Delhi, on Monday to discuss their course of......

When former chief Srinivasan faced resistance in BCCI meeting

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narayanswami Srinivasan on Sunday had to backtrack after initially suggesting that a notice be sent to the International Cricket Council for......

'Mr Srinivasan, stay away for sake of cricket's image'

A day after Board member Jyotiraditya Scindia asked N Srinivasan to step down, the pressure increased on the BCCI chief. - 'Bindra should take over from Srinivasan as BCCI prez' -......

Cricket is strangling other sports

Rajeev Srinivasan wonders about India's quest for Olympic glory. The most vivid moment for me at the Asian Games was on the first day of the track-and-field events, when unheralded Preeja......