Page 10 - Bhupesh Bhandari

Bhupesh Bhandari: For aam aadmi, reforms remain Greek

Liberalisation still needs to be sold to the public at large, though it's been 20 years since the first wave of economic reforms

Bhupesh Bhandari: All about potatoes

This is the time to analyse the French fries served by McDonald's in India

Bhupesh Bhandari: Why do businessmen invest in media?

With low entry barriers, mushrooming publications and channels, and poor prospects for traditional media, it's a mystery

Notes from sanchar bhawan

Raising Punjab

Bhupesh Bhandari: Sentencing Rajat Gupta

The 15-page judgment is amazingly lucid, elegant and balanced

Bhupesh Bhandari: For politicians, it's all a party!

It is about time that political parties came clean on their financial accounts

The man and the fatwa

Was the fatwa real? Did somebody actually make an attempt on Rushdie's life? You are left no wiser after reading Joseph Anton

Bhupesh Bhandari: The Last Booze Baron

With United Spirits all set to be acquired by Diageo, there aren't too many local spirits barons of significance and stature left

Bhupesh Bhandari: Tough times for free enterprise

Whether it is Occupy Wall Street or France vs ArcelorMittal, people's patience with large corporations is running thin in the West. There may be similar undercurrents at home as well

Bhupesh Bhandari: Adding valuation fuel to spectrum fire

Former CAG official R P Singh has highlighted only one aspect of the multiple methods used to calculate losses from spectrum sales in 2008

Bhupesh Bhandari: How business can transform Kashmir

Rapid economic growth has made full integration of the North-east with the mainstream look possible. The same must happen in Kashmir

Bhupesh Bhandari: Why North Block's talking up the markets

Finance ministry officials seem to be briefing reporters freely. This could indicate a campaign of information management

Chronicles of Sita Ram

Bhupesh Bhandari: Positive changes after all the scams

The public outcry over scams has helped bring in transparency and should help reduce corruption

Bhupesh Bhandari: The man who hates profit

In these days of coalition politics, small parties often get to wield outsize influence on govt. So, time has come to learn Kejriwal's views on key economic issues

Multiple Mysteries

Photographer Shivani Dass?s Violet Dreams captures the essence of religion as practised in India

The M&A legends

Khusro's men

Bhupesh Bhandari meets the Nizami Brothers, India's ace qawwals, who will perform at Vrindavan next week

Bhupesh Bhandari: 2G and Coalgate - parallel scams

For any scam to now grab the nation's attention, it will have to be of a similar size. Anything less would be so unexciting