Sitting with senior executives of the Indian arm of one of the world’s most popular, almost omnipresent, virtually omniscient and often regarded as omnipotent company, I found myself gazing at curious eyes. Read more

Events have come and gone. So have ideas. And their authors. Read more

When I’m asked for a bribe — and to be fair, this coercion came to me after many happy bribe-free years — my entire body revolts in disgust. Read more

Education of the mind doesn’t always destroy faith of the heart. Read more

The peace with which the Egyptian people have overthrown their dictator is something new to revolutions. Read more

Suicide by self-immolation is becoming a surprise tool of regime change, destabilising dictators across the Arab region. Read more

With due respect to all — repeat, all — his other works as an economist, in public policy or at global institutions, I think Professor Raj Krishna made one serious error by terming India’s slow economic growth as the ‘Hindu rate of economic growth’. Read more

The globally-rising prices claimed its first high-profile victim last week — Tunisian President Zein al-Abideen Bin Ali, who had to flee the North African country following inflation riots. Read more