'Despite a quarter century since India began the uphill battle of moving away from its peculiar hybrid of imperial-feudal-socialism, it remains distressingly -- and sometimes reassuringly -- the country I left in 1986,' says Rahul Jacob.
The author revisits Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur and finds them to be a medley of the old and new
'Chinese real GDP growth is 7.1% and India's is 7.4%'.
'If one thing seemed clear in this week of very uneven tennis in Melbourne though, the much celebrated golden age of tennis may be over.'
Amitabh Kant tells Rahul Jacob how India could be made an easier place to do business in and why India's software smarts will give it an edge.
Rahul is fascinated by history and ancient texts
With a middle class still so small and no apparent leaps in productivity on the farm or in manufacturing on the horizon, India faces its own age of diminished expectations.
Manish Sabharwal is chairman of TeamLease, which has helped hire 1.4 million sales and customer service reps and logistics employees such as couriers for companies across India since it was founded in 2002.
IndiGo is arguably more a financial services company than airline.
AAdhar cannot be successful unless there is proper coordination at the helm.
India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
China's economy is worse than it really is, but then these are emblematic of the baffling self-congratulatory mood that exists in India today.
Headline-grabbing is part of Terry Gou's business plan.
India must first improve working condition, then it can concentrate on Make in India concept.
Whether India can create labour-intensive factory jobs instead that it needs to put millions to work in the next few years looks very unlikely.
Gujarat is a flourshing state but its business model is not so well accepted at national level.
For Make in India's success, Modi govt msut remove policy paralysis.
PM Modi's China visit may strengthen ties between both the countries.
The agrarian crisis must be met with similarly speedy responses.
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