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Shreekant Sambrani: Tea times

Tata Tea's pioneering public service campaigns, jaago re and power of 49, are especially refreshing in this election season

Shreekant Sambrani: An inaugural address for 2014

Web Column: America's battles within

Obama's State of the Union address served food for a wide array of thoughts

Shreekant Sambrani: Our many republics

As we observe Martyrs' Day today, Mahatma Gandhi would have been dismayed by the number of vested interests that are seeking to carve out identities and spaces outside the Republic of India

Crime pays

As two white-collar crime movies become frontrunners for the Oscars, the aurthor looks at Hollywood's greatest films in the genre

Analysis half done

2013: The year of the onion

In 2013, it was the onion that swayed the votes. And, it was the onion that stood as a metaphor for personalities who revealed little substance when stripped of the layers

Doublespeak on Consulgate

There are double standards and inconsistencies in our reactions to the Devyani Khobragade incident

It's the Aam Aadmi's pocket, stupid

People believe, with more than reasonable justification, the government has abandoned consumers, leaving them at the mercy of collusive traders and farm leader cartels

Mandela: Hope and the history

1918-2013

Mahatma in the time of antipathy

Ramachandra Guha's latest book Gandhi Before India traces the evolution of a leader from a nearly-failed foppish barrister to the Mahatma in the four decades after he left South Africa

Shreekant Sambrani: What killer vegflation means for India's economy -- and its politics

The cause of persistent double-digit food inflation, particularly in vegetables, is the breakdown of competitive markets

Sur naa saje

A schoolboy who once aspired to be a wrestler went on to become one of the most versatile and self-effacing singers of all time. In Manna Dey's passing , we have lost the last male singer from the gol

The boy on the burning deck

The impact of Sachin Tendulkar on cricket, India and Indians is unparalleled. The author on what made the batsman the greatest pan-Indian hero of modern times

Consulting magic

Duff McDonald's book on McKinsey, one of the world's biggest consulting firm, should be made mandatory reading for every management education aspirant around the globe

Shreekant Sambrani: Gandhi's truth - Then and now

We suffered worse political degradation during the Emergency. But we emerged resurgent and vigorous because the spirit was not broken. This time around, we face an imminent threat to it

Shreekant Sambrani: The Modi non-math

With just a 2 to 3 per cent increase in its vote share from 2009, the BJP might inch closer to the magical 180 seats, but Narendra Modi's single-mindedness and tenacity are also important determinants

Shreekant Sambrani: A case of home-grown problems

The govt failed to address the burning question of non-farm employment, understand market mechanisms and foster the growth of manufacturing as the economy went into a tailspin

Killjoy of odes

Raju Bharatan's book on Naushad does justice neither to the man nor his music

Shreekant Sambrani: How India slid into the morass

SQUANDERING INHERITANCE - II Persistent deficits, galloping inflation, stalled infrastructure showed up a non-functioning government