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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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All about 'Word' War II
The Word at War is written with a light touch that masks the serious hard work that Philip Gooden and Peter Lewis have done to put it together
Kanika Datta: Too big to succeed?
Like Enron and Posco, Foxconn's Terry Gou may just discover that when it comes to doing big business in India, it's better to stay under the radar
Housing.com's teachable moments
The controversy may have represented an extreme example but disagreements between investors and founders are a reality in the world of start-ups. What's the best way to handle them?
 "Housing.com's teachable moments")
Why the DNA Bill is open to misuse: Sunil Abraham
Interview with Executive director, CIS
 "Why the DNA Bill is open to misuse: Sunil Abraham")
CSR: What keeps companies from doing good?
Constantly evolving rules and anomalies over tax treatment have constrained corporate programmes in the first year that the government's CSR mandate has been in force
 "CSR: What keeps companies from doing good?")
Arindam Chaudhuri: The audacity of ambition
Controversy and market changes may have prompted Arindam Chaudhuri to reorient his heavily promoted management institute but none of this has dented his unshakeable self-belief
 "Arindam Chaudhuri: The audacity of ambition")
Kanika Datta: Decisions for the CEO-PM Narendra Modi
This government could find itself a prisoner of its pro-business stance as much as the UPA found policy circumscribed by its pro-poor focus
Lunch with BS: Harsh Mander
The social activist and academic, tells Kanika Datta how, despite 17 transfers in 22 years, his years as a bureaucrat shaped his conviction that it is possible for the government to act for the poor o
 "Lunch with BS: Harsh Mander")
Are Indian corporate executives out of touch?
Kanika Datta believes that Vishal Sikka, instead of touching Narayana Murthy's feet, could have expressed his admiration in other ways
 "Are Indian corporate executives out of touch?")
Global lessons, made in India
What can managing in India teach expatriates about managing globally?
 "Global lessons, made in India")
Kanika Datta: Are women and votaries of women's rights exceptionally thin-skinned?
We know that sexism is alive and kicking but there is, undoubtedly, a case for my sisters to cultivate more equilibrium and a better sense of humour
Myanmar strike: India indulged in undignified triumphalism
It's a pity Indian govt did not adopt a strategic silence after the cross-border sortie to flush out militant groups in Myanmar
 "Myanmar strike: India indulged in undignified triumphalism")
IS is far ahead of the US intelligence services: Abdel Bari Atwan
Author of 'Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate', says in an interview that IS has very clever, experienced people who are supervising the media
 "IS is far ahead of the US intelligence services: Abdel Bari Atwan")
Turkey: Cappadocia rocks
No trip to Turkey is complete without a visit to this weirdly beautiful landscape shaped entirely by nature in the heart of the Anatolian plain
 "Turkey: Cappadocia rocks")
Lunch with BS: Zubair Ahmed
Nourishing hope
 "Lunch with BS: Zubair Ahmed")