All stories by SHOBHA WARRIER
Tharoor: 'Always wise to tread carefully on people's feelings'
Rediff.com3 Dec 2019'This is an issue that is larger than the interests of any one party.'
'Sabarimala verdict is an extremely good decision'
Rediff.com19 Nov 2019'The Sabarimala issue is no longer in splendid isolation.'
'For long term goals, you have to INVEST, not save'
Rediff.com18 Nov 2019In this interview with Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier, Ashok Kumar E R, the CEO and co-founder of Scripbox shares some more interesting observations about the way Indian women make financial decisions and offers advice on how, with the apt guidance and information, they could do a lot better.
'Every day, we hear about factories closing down'
Rediff.com15 Nov 2019'Businessmen are reluctant to invest because there is a fear that private investors are being targeted by various agencies.'
'For the first time in 45 years, unemployment increased'
Rediff.com15 Nov 2019'Ultimately, people will revolt at one time or the other.' 'You cannot feed the public with cultural issues forever.'
'China, like US, is not dependable and trustworthy'
Rediff.com18 Oct 2019'Only when China treats India as an equal can we consider them real friends.'
'Every order now comes from the PMO'
Rediff.com15 Oct 2019'There is no senior bureaucracy functioning now; these people only obey.' 'This is only a command and control kind of governance.'
'Foresee turnaround in economy in 3 months'
Rediff.com11 Oct 2019'Till now, we were under tremendous stress. The economy was not recovering, the financial cycle was not moving and the banks were not supporting.' 'With the government pumping in money to the banks and asking the NBFCs to give priority to the MSME sector, there will be a revival.'
Explained: Why the monsoon is pulling out so late
Rediff.com9 Oct 2019'The last time we had such a late withdrawal of monsoon was in 1960 or so.'
How India can rival China in electronics manufacturing
Rediff.com3 Oct 2019'We have the geographic advantage, demographic advantage, we have the necessary technical skills.' 'We just have to get all of these together. Then, we can very well compete.'
'What auto slowdown are you talking about?'
Rediff.com26 Sep 2019'The August phenomenon of decline in sales occurs every year.' 'What they have done cleverly is, using the economic slowdown as an excuse, they want a package from the government to compensate the expenditure they will incur while converting BS4 to BS6.' 'That's why they are making a hue and cry.'
The 85 year old fighting Tamil Nadu's killer hoardings
Rediff.com18 Sep 2019'After people died when banners fell on them, I decided to file a case to make it a law to prevent people from doing this.' 'Till today, I have filed 150 cases against this menace.'
Why Chandrayaan was delayed by 13 years
Rediff.com16 Sep 2019'If Chandrayaan 1 had a launch with GSLV, we need not have an orbiter for Chandrayaan 2.' 'We could have gone straight round the moon and landed on the moon.'
'I will give 98% marks to Chandrayaan 2 mission'
Rediff.com13 Sep 2019'When you look at it from the point of view of science, Chandrayaan 2 is a big success.'
'6 months to 1 year for economic revival'
Rediff.com10 Sep 2019'The worst is over, but it may take a couple more years for the banking system to re-establish the growth process.' 'Banks are the major pillars in an economy's revival.' 'Without banking operations and lending, revival will not happen.'
'If you allow money to flow, people are ready to buy houses, cars'
Rediff.com5 Sep 2019'If credit is not available, people will postpone buying. That's what has happened.'
'We need India-centric solutions, not Harvard-centric'
Rediff.com29 Aug 2019'The government is sincerely working on employment generation. Unfortunately, they are depending on these people from Harvard. Their wrong policies are killing jobs. The government has to come out of the Western framework on which they depend upon a lot.'
'If slowdown prolongs we will start seeing casualties'
Rediff.com23 Aug 2019'We are in the reverse gear and we are not there anywhere compared to the rest of the world'
'It is not tax terrorism, it is tax jihadism'
Rediff.com14 Aug 2019'The IAS officers are after the rich people, the IRS officers are after the middle class and the IPS officers are after the poor. This is the new varnashrama created by the bureaucracy.'
4 lessons to learn from CCD's Siddhartha's life
Rediff.com7 Aug 2019VG Siddhartha's story 'will be a good case study and not a deterrent to those who want to be entrepreneurs. I don't think it will scare young entrepreneurs. I think these cases will make them sensible. They will understand that they have to be very careful about certain things, otherwise, they will have to pay a heavy price.'