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Is Elon Musk a visionary genius or evil billionaire?

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- Eric Jorgenson's The Book of Elon: A Guide to Purpose and Success is not really a book in any conventional sense. It is an organised scrap-heap of things Elon Musk has said, writ... और पढ़ें


Prafulla Chandra Ray: the chemist who refused to stay in the lab

New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Prafulla Chandra Ray's beef with the British went beyond politics. He wanted to beat them at the thing that mattered to a rapidly industrialising world: making things. It was a ... और पढ़ें


NSE, Anthropic IPOs point to the contrasting capitalism of India and US

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Two of the biggest IPOs this year-at the opposite ends of the world and equally dissimilar in nature-point to the contrast between the corporate ecosystems of India and the US. ... और पढ़ें


Dr. Prathap Reddy: the healthcare visionary who refuses to retire

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- At an age when most people are content to settle into history, 93-year-old Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy is still busy writing it. He sits atop a healthcare empire spanning more than... और पढ़ें


Noel Tata has inherited the power. Now he must decide how to use it.

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The debate over who should replace Natarajan Chandrasekaran as chairman of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. is becoming a national guessing game. Names have been floated, credentials weighed,... और पढ़ें


Jatin Mehta: the quiet fugitive behind a billion-dollar vanishing act

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Jatin Mehta knew exactly when his game was up. Between August and November 2012, he quietly stepped down from his key companies, Forever Precious and Winsome Diamonds & Jewellery... और पढ़ें


N. Chandrasekaran's exit illustrates how professionals and family businesses make for uneasy bed fellows in India

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- India's most consequential conglomerate has just confirmed that professionals might run the business, but it's the family that runs the professionals. Natarajan Chandrasekaran's ... और पढ़ें


Ananya Birla's break from billionaire bubble is a reality check for her class

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Two images from the past month deserve attention. In the first, Ananya Birla, daughter of business baron Kumar Mangalam Birla, is in flood-hit upper Assam, helping deliver food, ... और पढ़ें


The rise and fall of Batanagar and the history of the company towns that built industrial India

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- A Personal History of India's Forgotten Company Town opens with a claim that is sure to give the discerning reader pause. Bata, she writes, was a "multinational corporation with g... और पढ़ें


Rishi Agarwal: the shipbuilder whose empire sank from within

New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- In March 1985, Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal, then barely 30, incorporated Magdalla Shipyard Pvt. Ltd. in Surat with the aim of building ships in a country that had a 7,500-kilometre coas... और पढ़ें