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Emergency and Sanjay Gandhi: How Maruti's origin lies in cronyism, corruption and blackmail
Sanjay Gandhi's car project has been told about in great detail by journalist Coomi Kapoor in her recent book, The Emergency, A Personal History
 "Emergency and Sanjay Gandhi: How Maruti's origin lies in cronyism, corruption and blackmail")
Period piece
Menstrual cups are comfortable, easy to maintain, re-usable, cheaper and more environment friendly
Sunanda K Datta-Ray: A ride you can't bank on
For executives of MNC banks, it's all about glib salesmanship and meeting targets. Customer service comes next
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: Of PMs and stubborn tufts
As long as there are politicians, there will always be one who is involved in a scam. The BJP is trying to tell us that you must distinguish the scams by size
Devangshu Datta: China's unique meltdown
A stock exchange is not supposed to resemble Hotel California. It should not be a place where you can check out anytime but you can never leave
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar: Now playing - The small-town movie
Small-town flavour is becoming an important part of the Hindi film narrative
#1YearOfShah encouraged 'parakram', discouraged party's culture of 'parikrama'
Shah's successes have been significant, a feat that led Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him the most successful BJP President ever
 "#1YearOfShah encouraged 'parakram', discouraged party's culture of 'parikrama'")
R Gopalakrishnan: Lessons investors and founders should learn from Housing.com fiasco
Many start-up ills can be traced to the founder's ego or the investor's greed, both of which are cases of desiring before deserving
Mahesh P Bhave: The mega wonders of microgrids
A federation of microgrids can achieve stable electricity supply at lower cost without the existing megagrid as back up or as an anchor of last resort
Reset labour relations
NDA's moves on labour laws are the right direction
Six questions that help understand the Chinese stock market crash
Unlike Greece, China's economy accounts for 16% of the global pie. Enough reasons for the world to sit up and take notice
 "Six questions that help understand the Chinese stock market crash")
John Chambers: Smart cities, sustainable cities
Cisco's CEO says India's urban planners urgently need to think innovatively to prepare for the unprecedented migration from villages that is expected over the next decade
Sanjeev Sanyal: Smart cities are not about technology
Smart cities are really about clustering smart people and institutions
Vinayak Chatterjee: Smart cities need smarter implementation
An alternative, 10-step plan to have 25 smart cities by 2025
 "Vinayak Chatterjee: Smart cities need smarter implementation")
Shankar Acharya: Burden of legacies
The 10 biggest policy mistakes of the past that have yet to be dealt with
Jitender Bhargava: SpiceJet's revival has lessons for Air India
It is imperative that the government first decides who should assume ownership of running Air India
A FERA-style law?
Government approach to black money control is wrong
Why international monetary co-operation is difficult
A V Rajwade explains why he is pessimistic about the feasibility of a global political economy
 "Why international monetary co-operation is difficult")