Two Minute Recipe For Resilience

Two Minute Recipe For Resilience

IN THE MIDDLE of last week, my immediate team had pulled out a couple of big rabbits. So we went down to this favourite little Bengali snack joint in Domlur for a chhota celebration. They have a menu which is plastered on the wall. What caught my eye was the status of...
Should Apple Buy Out Greece?

Should Apple Buy Out Greece?

GOT YOUR ATTENTION, DIDN’T I? But seriously, if it weren’t for this sovereignty business wouldn’t you give it a second thought? Think about it. Apple has enough cash on its balance sheet to acquire a few distressed assets like Greece without even resorting to...
Sinking Societies, Shrinking Markets

Sinking Societies, Shrinking Markets

Last Saturday night, between some lovely blues pieces, one feisty activist from Amnesty suggests to me that the Tatas are not as holy as one thinks. I thought about it and asked her if, in her view, the Catholic Church was defined by the number of pedophiles in its...
The Indian MNC. Really?

The Indian MNC. Really?

Fifteen years ago, it was a proud moment for corporate India when the first Indian advertising hoarding went up in the middle of Paris. Titan watches was on offer literally at the centre of the fashion capital of the world. That took courage of a different order. Had...