Hindustan Times
It is clear as daylight that the rising spirit of India is not acceptable to the archaic powers of this great nation. The smothering of humour by Mamata; of books, art and films by fundamentalists; of information by the government; of development by naxalites…all these are examples of a larger, darker force that’s seeking to crush the growing aspirations of India.
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(8 votes, average: 2.88 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Filed under India · Tagged art, books, change, Cutting the Edge, entrepreneurs, films, fundamentalists, Gautam Chikermane, India, institutions, leaders, Mamata Banerjee, nation, naxalites, officials, people, spiritual transformation, transformation, West Bengal
This is the land of Sita and Draupadi. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Filed under India, religion · Tagged Aruna Asaf Ali, Bhima Bai Holkar, Chand Bibi, child sex ratio, corruption, daughters, Draupadi, Haryana, India, Jhajjar, Kali, Lakshmi, Lopamudra, Madam Cama, Maheshwari, Mamata Banerjee, Mirabai, Nirupama Rao, Rani Channama, Rani Lakshmi Bai, Sadhvi Auvaiyar Maa, Saraswati, Sarojini Naidu, Shyamala Gopinath, Sita, Sonia Gandhi, Sucheta Kripalani, Sushma Nath, Sushma Swaraj, womb
The Economic Survey 2010-11, an annual document that tracks the state of the Indian economy, makes recommendations and presents challenges to it, has taken a moral twist. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged A Treatise on Human Nature, chief economic adviser, David Hume, Economic Survey, GDP, hindustan times, Indian economy, Kaushik Basu, Mamata Banerjee, moral compass, news, swami vivekanand
What a week! Handling one important event is big enough. But the week that just passed saw four. Standing ovation to my team of excellent business journalists who diligently followed the nuances and didn’t allow even one story to get off our radar. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged Budget week, business journalists, Development Council, direct tax code, disinvestment, economic symphony, environment, Financial Stability, financial substance, fiscal roadmap, goods and services tax, local bodies, Mamata Banerjee, politics, Pranab Mukherjee, Railway Budget, Unique Identification Authority, UPA government, Vijay Kelkar
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
