If the Ganga manages a rebirth, so will the country.Roy

Capital convertibility, covering unrestricted investment and speculative currency flows, is an altogether different animal, says Subir Roy.

Design thinking is not designing as traditionally understood.

Expenditure on health in India is at a global low of 1.2% of GDP.

Air that people breathe in Indian cities is among the worst in the world.

An enormous amount of black money flows in and out of the banking system and still remains black.

Challenges abound but innovation is key for new banks inorder to survive.

The BJP had not filed till May the expenses statement for the Karnataka Assembly elections held last year in July.

Rather than focussing on manufacturing, Indian companies need to concentrate on conceiving, designing and branding products.

There are two major takeaways from the by-election results. One, a majority or Indians and Hindus have reasserted their secular credentials. The second, equally momentous, is the sure-footedness and quick response time of the Indian electorate, says Subir Roy.

The government is looking at building by-laws and floor area ratio so that you can build up instead of out, thus requiring less land.

To address a crescendo of complaints, the state government recently created a new category of taxis that have a self-explanatory 'no refusal' blazoned on them and come in the by-now-ubiquitous blue and white colours of the Trinamool Congress.

Senior judges have developed a cushy arrangement among themselves: you back the appointment of so-and-so advocate's junior, and I will back so-and-so judge's nephew, says Subir Roy

Russi Mody could cut across hierarchy to communicate what he wanted.

The Goa Foundation started filing writ petitions before the Bombay High Court from 1992 onwards against several mining companies.

The idea is to make unexceptionable broad promises so as to have the maximum freedom to devise policies if and when the opportunity arises, says Subir Roy.

The initial misadventure of an individual AAP leader highlights how the party not only has to bone up on tactics but should also constantly look within to root out ingrained and inherited prejudices, says Subir Roy.