A RECENT ARTICLE on Brain Pickings stated that to “reap the fruits of genius, we must plant the seeds of practice and process”. And what if these ‘seeds’ are planted very early on? And, by the most influential figure in a child’s life—a parent? You get something close to a Barkha Dutt. S...
Barkha Dutt is perhaps the best known face of NDTV, as its Group Editor she attained iconic status as a reporter and became a role model for the limits of journalism. The intrepid journalist talks to us about her Days before Day 1 I was forewarned that this assignment was going to be a toughie! I w...
K Siddaramaiah Sworn in as Karnataka CM
28 New Ministers Appointed WIN\\ Former Leader of Opposition, K. Siddaramaiah, was sworn in as the Karnataka Chief Minister on May 13, 2013. Other aspirants for the post included Mallikarjun Kharge and G. Parameshwar—Siddaramaiah was the unanimous choice. After assuming office, Siddaramaiah induc...
Nawaz Sharif Re-elected for Third Term
Polls Hailed as Victory for Democracy POLL\\ Pakistan’s former leader in exile Nawaz Sharif emerged as the clear winner in the recently-held Pakistan elections to become the Prime Minister-elect for the record third time. He beat former cricketer Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehrike- Insaf, and Bi...
May; It Rained Scams SCAMS// In May it rained scams, as the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre grappled with the resignation of Railways Minister Pawan Bansal following allegations of corrupt practices by his close relatives and aides. Another minister to follow suit, was Ashwani Kumar, Law ...
Cremated with State Honours POLITICS// Sarabjit Singh, the 49-year-old Indian prisoner jailed in Pakistan for decades, breathed his last on May 2, 2013, in Lahore. He was attacked in Kot Lakhpat Jail allegedly by six co-inmates. He was rushed to a hospital where he died of a cardiac arrest. Sarabji...
B-schools should make social consciousness a part of syllabus”
IT’S BEEN MORE than a century since business education began as a discipline. Where does it stand today? Where do you think it is headed? These are some of the questions that I have been trying to question in the past few years and the answers lead me to one idea, that management education is goin...
Bring it on loud and clear, and see the difference... “Podcasting is in vogue and when it’s done right, it can make a big difference to your brand!” No, this is not some headline from the biztech pages of a newspaper from 2005-2006, right around the time when Apple iTunes support for the new ...
A list of things left undone AS THE SECOND UPA government limped towards its fourth anniversary in the fourth week of May, 2013, there was a sense of tiredness and ennui that seemed to prevail. A senior official made the pithy observation that the UPA administration was remarkable in that it seemed...
Journey through an Indian startup’s roadmap to build itself a global business across five continents, 578 million mobile customers in 165 countries, and a reported valuation of $1 billion With annual revenues of more than $100 million, InMobi reaches nearly 578 million mobile consumers in 165 cou...
Does the RTE have Enough ‘Rights’?
The Millennium Development Goals adopted by the United Nations Millennium Declaration-2000 had set a target of 2015 to achieve minimum literacy for all UN countries. India, after much planning and thought, enforced the Right to Education Act in 2009. Its mission; to successfully impart education to ...
Does the RTE have Enough ‘Rights’?
ANNIE NAMALA//The Right to Education Act-2009 was constructed especially to enable private schools get that opportunity to receive recognition or government accreditation. Under this Private School Policy, schools were given three years to start this process. Which, personally, I believe is a fairly...
The life and journey of this marvellous sign I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER the first time I used the tilde (~) on Facebook. It was the day I landed in Guwahati, the capital of Assam, for the first time and chanced upon the Brahmaputra. I needed to put that love at first sight into an update on Facebook, an...
Kuku Arora is taking one class at a time to bring a smile to the faces of Delhi’s slum kids It was an ordinary day. Superman was not wearing his customary red-and-blue costume but a white Nehru shirt and grey checked, straight-fit pants. He was not in his usual zipping around mode or saving the w...
Can an industry and its leadership thrive despite dwindling followers? IN TODAY’S tough times, it seems that everyone is looking for a leader to bring positive changes and glory to the world. Barbara Kellerman’s book, The End of Leadership, critically examines the fact why and how the $50m lead...
How an author guided a T20 cricket team to championship glory WHAT IS most important while selecting a good cricket team? How do you value a cricket team in a league that has not been launched yet? These are some of the questions Ravi Ramu and his friends had to find answers to after bidding for on...
Look beyond the tall buildings; China, is all heart & soul Day One: the otherwise buzzing Indira Gandhi International Airport looked deserted on that “blue” Wednesday morning I was to board a plane to China. There I was, accompanying my father—a businessman with several China offices—on...
A chat with Chef Jerome Cousin of Rara Avis, one of Delhi’s finest French restaurants Chef Jerome Cousin of Rara Avis informs me that the two words—rara avis—mean a ‘rare bird’ in French. When someone calls you a rare bird, do frown just a bit. S/he is perhaps politely stating that you ar...