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Rethinking village life

The author finds out how farmers in Bharatpur are tweaking traditional methods to reap big benefits

Training wine people

Get the people concerned to taste wine more often - taste, not just drink. Hotels and restaurants need to institute training programmes

Under the sun

Raise a toast, responsibly

Nothing covert about it: We think of northeast India only as a frontier

For many, northeast is that dark pit for out-of-favour governors and officials on punishment postings

Brands - a guarantee of food quality?

Brands play a lead role in ensuring food safety in supply chains.

Why 'Make in India' will get derailed without logistics

The success of 'Make in India' strategy is contingent on the performance of Indian trade logistics network

Vedanta-Cairn merger could be a test of minority shareholders strength

Merger dictated by Cairn's cash pile but minority shareholders are unlikely to be pleased

For PM Modi, it's payback time in the humour games

As Rahul Gandhi -- and the internet -- takes potshots at him, PM Modi must be realising it is easier to lampoon those in power than those out of it

R Gopalakrishnan: Innovators who succeed

Successful innovators often take a measured approach. They postpone gratification and focus on execution

Akash Prakash: Musings on earnings

Unless we see a pickup in public spending, the capex cycle will not revive, and without that, earnings will not accelerate

Fixed-term employment will create jobs, reduce employer's fear

Implementation of the proposal can be a tricky affair

Jail threats won't solve taxman's problems

To highlight a recourse already available to tax officers is to unnecessarily spread panic

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

Defaulters will face the heat if banks have guts to take haircut

Given banks' earnings are already under pressure, the key question is if the banks are willing to take the one time hit

Stocks under stress: Buying opportunity or serious threat?

One could bring up a host of references to other such companies which have faced difficulty or controversy

William Pesek: Stock boom chokes China's reform plan

China has played host to financial bubbles before. But the stock surge is arguably the most dangerous one yet, as hundreds of millions of mainland investors leave the country's most pressing economic

Martin Feldstein: The inflation puzzle

If inflation does rise faster than the Fed expects, it may be forced to increase interest rates rapidly, with adverse effects on financial markets

Dr Rajan's interim solution

Only a strong bankruptcy law can rein in errant promoters

Nitish Kumar asserts himself, finally

Whether his focus on social justice instead of good governance will pay off in the upcoming Bihar elections, however, remains to be seen