Hindustan Times
With as many as 18 laws on land acquisition, a new politics is emerging that will have a far greater impact — economic and social — on Indian citizens than any other raging debate in the country. Mamata Banerjee’s second big missile (the first is a “White Paper” on Lalu Prasad’s numbers as Railway Minister, which is going to bring her nothing but policy grief) has deeper and more layered contours and should bother all those who observe and influence economic policy. Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged economic, Lalu Prasad, Mamata Banerjee, nanigram, Prasoon Mukherjee, Ratan Tata, Singur, social
What prompts blood brothers to fight? Why does the rivalry between Mukesh and Anil Ambani appear to be bigger than their individual fights with competitors? What is it that makes the two brothers deliver economic snarls and bare their business fangs at one another almost every other day in the press, in courts and I suppose in private meetings through their representatives? How difficult or easy is it to forget that they must have grown together, eaten off the same kitchen, gone to same schools, fought off the same bullies? Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged Anil Ambani, Anupama Airy, business fangs, Dhirubhai, Mukesh, Ohio State University, stockmarket
Gujarat is no exception to a stark global fact — prohibition of alcohol has not worked anywhere in the world. Not in the US, not in Australia, New Zealand, Canada. At the same time, drinking problems remain common across the world and is not something society can ignore. Read more
(6 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged Alcohol, Australia, Canada, Gujarat, liquor, New Zealand, US
