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Royals, heroes on two-wheels

India, Oct. 6 -- About two weeks ago, before the impact of GST 2.0 was felt in the markets during Navratri, and the time when the social media platforms were in a frenzy over expected price cuts, this... Read More


RBI's repose for repo rate

India, Oct. 2 -- The die-hard optimists hoped for a miracle. The realists argued for a status quo. So, when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) met on the eve of Dussehra, it did what the realists had sai... Read More


Neither walloped nor galloping

India, Oct. 1 -- In these times of polarised social media warfare, and a mindset of either you are with us or against us, any writer needs to be prepared for brickbats from both ends of the ideologica... Read More


No logic about logistics

India, Sept. 29 -- First, let us settle a long-standing semantic dispute. A few weeks ago, the Highways and Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari stated that he has vowed to Prime Minister Narendra... Read More


Two-wheeler sales: Acid test for GST 2.0

India, Sept. 22 -- Often, a photo or a chart can describe a pattern, trend, situation or a challenge far more compellingly than 1,000 words of a jargon-laced opinion or commentary. In this article, I ... Read More


Smart phones, nimble fingers

India, Sept. 20 -- In 2024, I had stopped briefly at the memorial of Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur near Chennai on my way to Bengaluru. I spoke to half-a-dozen people, who could converse in English. M... Read More


Fed cuts Trump to size, for now

India, Sept. 19 -- Donald Trump has had a running feud with the Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, for months. But he could learn a lesson or two from another leader, Recep Erdogan of Turkey. Th... Read More


Dollar down, gold up, who cares about bonds

India, Sept. 17 -- Beyond the headlines and noise, momentous and tectonic shifts are taking place in the global order, particularly in the global financial ecosystem. Even as the US President Donald T... Read More


Paper riches, vapour wealth

India, Sept. 15 -- In the simple, yet complex, way that Hinduism looks at things, everything, in the cosmos, except the soul, is fleeting. The world is Maya (Illusion). In Buddhism, there is a wrinkle... Read More


Telcos connect via M&As

India, Sept. 12 -- Even as behemoths like Apple and Google fend off antitrust actions across the globe that are aimed to break the companies' stranglehold over consumers and markets, the telecom secto... Read More