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Kanika Datta
Kanika Datta
Kanika Datta is a former journalist with three decades of experience and has worked in various editorial capacities with Business Standard for most of her professional career. She is currently a consulting editor with the paper. She is an opinion writer and writes a monthly column titled Swot" that mostly focuses on the intersection of business and economic policy with society. She is a history graduate from Jadavpur University. Her other interests include keenly following sports from the armchair (especially football)
Kanika Datta is a former journalist with three decades of experience and has worked in various editorial capacities with Business Standard for most of her professional career. She is currently a consulting editor with the paper. She is an opinion writer and writes a monthly column titled Swot" that mostly focuses on the intersection of business and economic policy with society. She is a history graduate from Jadavpur University. Her other interests include keenly following sports from the armchair (especially football)
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The perfect spy
Ben Macintyre recreates the story of Oleg Gordievsky's career with his customary flair
 "The perfect spy")
J&K: India Inc's premature exuberance
Since investment demands political and social stability, the Centre needs to offer investors something beyond heavy troop concentration
 "J&K: India Inc's premature exuberance")
The Da Vinci code to life
Book review of How to Think like Da Vinci
 "The Da Vinci code to life")
Dhirendra K Jha explains why the world of sadhus is an expanding enterprise
Jha has been a careful chronicler of the Hindutva project, putting in the slog of exhaustive ground reporting to write two well-received books
 "Dhirendra K Jha explains why the world of sadhus is an expanding enterprise")
India's China gap
Can India become the new factory to the world with the US-China trade war forcing manufacturers to look elsewhere?
 "India's China gap")
The insular world of Indian business
Nearly three decades after the shackles on competition were loosened, few Indian companies can be considered truly world class
 "The insular world of Indian business")
Pluralism lives
The past five years offer clues to why the answer can as well be no
 "Pluralism lives")
A 'heritage walk' reveals another fascinating side of Amritsar's history
Amritsar has a quaint and prosaic commercial history
 "A 'heritage walk' reveals another fascinating side of Amritsar's history")
Bootleg classics
Traditional publishers and authors might rail against this open violation of intellectual property rights, but many authors appreciate the compliment embedded in piracy
 "Bootleg classics")
Gender equality and the NDA paradox
In terms of women's empowerment, the Modi government has, on the whole, been active and practical
 "Gender equality and the NDA paradox")
In the mood with much fervour
Sloganeering-to-order has an unhappy history
 "In the mood with much fervour")
The telecom crisis: Noises off
'The last thing Narendra Modi needs at this time are TV images of telecom employees on dharna for losing their jobs', says the author
 "The telecom crisis: Noises off")
All our yesterdays
Fenby's history covers 13 months from June 1947 to June 1948, a period that, he says, 'really did change the world, shaping much of it in a form that gives the period a lasting relevance for our day'
 "All our yesterdays")
Marketing a political leader
A cursory reading of the four Kotlerian criteria reveals not just the weakness of the marketing guru's arguments but the hazards of linking corporate standards of judgement to politics and politicians
 "Marketing a political leader")
Ideal worship
In India, leveraging the machinery of state to settle disturbances arising from matters of faith is not unheard of
 "Ideal worship")
Quotas on the learning curve
Whatever the provenance of the recipient of affirmative action - whether caste, tribe, or, the latest innovation, economic situation - neither tool is truly empowering or socially transformative
 "Quotas on the learning curve")
Globalisation on the playing fields
Some six teams in Ligue 1, France's top-tier club tournament, are foreign-owned - by Spanish, American, Russian, Polish and Chinese investors in addition to the Qataris
Don't want more teams in FIFA World Cup? Actually, it's great for fans
Football fans would never have gotten to see a sublime array of talent if FIFA hadn't expanded the number of qualifying slots for the Asian and African regions
 "Don't want more teams in FIFA World Cup? Actually, it's great for fans")
The intolerance of the liberal is no better than that of the Hindutvawadis
By behaving like their opponents, liberals are damaging their credibility in lasting ways
Mind the gap between superior lifestyle & public service in Indian politics
The profession of politics in India is regarded as a means to accessing a superior lifestyle rather than a mode of public service