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Oil makes the world go round
February 22, 2011, 2:51 PM IST
This last week, the entire world has been watching in awe as the Arab world erupts. Innumerable commentators who are far more qualified than me are analysing the phenomenon to shreds. I expect this will…
February 22, 2011, 2:51 PM IST
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United Colours of United Kingdom
February 14, 2011, 7:28 AM IST
This week, I have an overabundance of topics to rant about. First, there’s some bizarre stuff I read in ET, about how the Indian government wants to put tax sanctions on uncooperative tax havens. Pray,…
February 14, 2011, 7:28 AM IST
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Was 2010 any better? Any bets?
February 7, 2011, 5:18 AM IST
It’s one of those weeks that gives nightmares to all the various people who depend on markets for their bread, butter and jam. The BSE sensex, which periodically ducks below what they call psychological levels,…
February 7, 2011, 5:18 AM IST
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Global markets: Was 2010 any better? Any bets?
February 7, 2011, 5:13 AM IST
The BSE sensex, which periodically ducks below what they call psychological levels, is doing a tailspin again.
February 7, 2011, 5:13 AM IST
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Scams like us, scams like them
January 24, 2011, 7:45 AM IST
Talk about scams and scandals. They seem to be, as Mrs Indira Gandhi once said about corruption in a memorable deposition, universal phenomena. This week, we’ve been inundated with the gory details of the resignation…
January 24, 2011, 7:45 AM IST
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Scams like us, scams like them
January 24, 2011, 5:32 AM IST
Talk about scams and scandals. They seem to be, as Mrs Indira Gandhi once said about corruption in a memorable deposition, universal phenomena.
January 24, 2011, 5:32 AM IST
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Emerging nations must get ready for leadership
January 17, 2011, 12:23 PM IST
There are floods in Brazil, in Australia, in Sri Lanka. There are food riots in Tunisia, bringing down a20-year government, and the price of onions is fast threatening to overshadow life in India. There’re corruption…
January 17, 2011, 12:23 PM IST
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Emerging nations must get ready for leadership
January 17, 2011, 2:37 AM IST
If emerging economies do not take on the mantle of global leadership, populist measures could lead to closed borders, protectionism.
January 17, 2011, 2:37 AM IST
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Philanthropy: Take it from me
January 10, 2011, 4:38 AM IST
I’ve been having a blast of a time reading up fellow columnists all over the world. It hadn’t occurred to me that this is the first new decade in 20 years – the last decade…
January 10, 2011, 4:38 AM IST
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A few pointers for the new decade
January 3, 2011, 11:43 AM IST
ANOTHER year, another moment to take stock of life the universe and everything, and figure out what went wrong — other than that waistline , which I’ve stopped thinking about. Other than parties, fireworks ,…
January 3, 2011, 11:43 AM IST
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In a state of being kettled
December 27, 2010, 9:57 PM IST
I’ve been kettled. That’s my favourite new word of the season, and also why I’ve been forced offline for a while. Kettled is the word coined by student protestors in London, referring to the police…
December 27, 2010, 9:57 PM IST
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Chilling cold: In a state of being kettled
December 27, 2010, 6:05 AM IST
This is third winter in a row when angry Brit journalists & dignitaries stranded on their way write angry columns about UK’s infrastructure.
December 27, 2010, 6:05 AM IST
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Bad losers, worse learners
December 6, 2010, 6:12 AM IST
I’m planning to get environmentally-friendly and recycle my columns. Sigh. This week, if you happened to live in this part of the world, the main topics of conversation are the snow, the eurozone, Wikileaks and…
December 6, 2010, 6:12 AM IST
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A season for scam outbreaks
November 29, 2010, 3:25 PM IST
The trouble with cornering rats is that they tend to attack back viciously. And when the rats are large, well-fed, with almost unlimited access to invading citizens’ privacy, they can end up being rather dangerous….
November 29, 2010, 3:25 PM IST
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Namaste India, says Birmingham
November 26, 2010, 6:51 AM IST
UK’s second-largest city seeks to leverage its ethnic population to attract investments from the country.
November 26, 2010, 6:51 AM IST
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Palace now house of commons
November 22, 2010, 10:34 AM IST
What does a country really need when times are hard, unemployment is rising, things are going to get worse, and there’s an economic catastrophe looming every other week? A Royal Wedding, of course. Prince William…
November 22, 2010, 10:34 AM IST
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Diesel dinosaurs for Jurassic Park
November 15, 2010, 10:26 AM IST
I’m probably going to be lynched by quite a few of my friends for doing this. I see Mr Jairam Ramesh has started off another controversy by raising the very legitimate point that those massive…
November 15, 2010, 10:26 AM IST
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Sahara to check into London’s Grosvenor House
November 15, 2010, 5:08 AM IST
Subrata Roy’s Sahara India Pariwar is reportedly on the verge of buying the iconic Park Lane hotel, Grosvenor House, from the Royal Bank of Scotland for £470 million, the Sunday Times reported without citing sources. …
November 15, 2010, 5:08 AM IST
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Towering heads meet their match
November 8, 2010, 12:08 PM IST
By the time you read this, Obama’s grand Indian tour will almost be over. Clearly, Diwali or no, Sensex or not, Obama’s visit to India is the flavour of last week. Even in distant London. …
November 8, 2010, 12:08 PM IST
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Paying the price for welfare state
November 1, 2010, 8:41 AM IST
I’ve been trying for while to resist writing about the UK government’s welfare reforms and budget cuts. I didn’t think it’s fair, living where the state wouldn’t pay even for a pauper’s funeral, to regale…
November 1, 2010, 8:41 AM IST
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