Month: December 2017
Sanskari nonsense over bar-b-que
That sentimentalism and sanctimoniousness have gone berserk in India is a truism. Could they be tamed? The answer isn’t very...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 30 Dec 2017, 12:54No one is talking about bank privatization
The debt recovery process in the cases of Bhushan Power & Steel Limited, Electrosteel Steels, Essar Steel, and Monnet Steel...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 30 Dec 2017, 12:46Government intervention in economy must stop
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen to project himself as pro-development and business-friendly, various organs of his government don’t...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 30 Dec 2017, 12:36Modi’s Ashwatthama moment
Politics and social media are abuzz with the theory that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut a deal with DMK chief...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 23 Dec 2017, 11:50Govt’s 2G lapse is inexcusable
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has weathered many a storm, often emerging stronger from the crises. Even the disastrous demonetization decision...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 23 Dec 2017, 11:34ONGC executives are trying to fool everybody
Recently, something strange happened. A news item flashed on Google News: ‘Privatize ONGC, don’t sell off oil fields, say company...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 23 Dec 2017, 11:31The age of flippancy
Public opinion, they say, is fickle. We, however, have redefined fickleness: changing one’s views on a subject without much discernment,...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 23 Dec 2017, 11:26India can fight Hafiz only from Afghanistan
There is nothing surprising in Pakistan’s release of Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of 26/11 that left 166 people dead and...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 23 Dec 2017, 11:14