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The Sweet Smell of Failure

I like my cricket. Good, solid Test cricket that is. And not the hamburger version Mr. Modi let leash upon our senses over the last …

Taken Over

Earlier this week, the Indian financial regulator SEBI issued its new takeover guidelines for public opinion. These regulations were last issued some 14 years back …

Hungry Kya?

If you heard Pranab Mukherjee, the 70-plus Finance Minister of India say “My appetite is infinite and my greed is even higher,” at the Annual …

Event this!

This summer definitely is the worst on record. Seems like only yesterday that I was playing cricket at 4 p.m. in Delhi. I’d go up …

More of Less or Less of More?

When meeting with startups, one often hears innocuous questions or observations. The interesting part is, the dilemmas entrepreneurs share are common across regions and geographies, …

To Err is He-Man

While we are all familiar with the phrase ‘to err is human and to forgive divine’, it has more serious dimensions in the context of …

The Art of Making a Bubble…

…is not much of a task in India anymore.

Or a gold rush. Or a mania. Or a scam. The art of making one in this …

The Outspiration Theory

Just the other day, I was watching one of the 20:20 cricket matches with my pre-teen son. The batting side had The Wall on the …

Fly that Rocket

Did you guys get to see Rocket Singh, Salesman of the Year? I tell you now, that movie is probably going to do more for …

We might be in the wrong country

The word ‘dhanda’ sounds very crude, doesn’t it? Literally translated in English, though, it means the very likable word ‘business’. In fact, dhanda is a …