The climate for 'doing business' remains forbidding, taxtortion is still rife, corruption at state and district levels has increased, oil prices remain extortive with high taxation, and the......
Which entrepreneur would willingly part with her or his hard-earned money for grasping, self-serving politicians? asks Debashis Basu. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The State Bank of India......
If you think that revenue officials are going berserk, acting on their own, while the government chants the mantra of 'ease of doing business', you would be wrong.These moves appear to have full......
From small restaurants to mighty software companies, it is businesses, not the government, that create jobs.Yet, in a cruel irony, they have to fight extortive and brutal State power every step of......
I am not sure if Modi can ever act as a chowkidar, even if he wants to.But he can surely act as a thanedar, by ensuring a fast resolution of corruption cases once they come to light.Exemplary......
'I think some of us, like Mukesh Ambani, myself and those of us who head industrial units, ought to really focus on what we can really do to make the world a safer place, maybe 50 or 100 years from......
'Sebi had no problem with derivatives until trading exploded after Covid.''But now, having built a dangerous road, from which different entities, mainly governments, are extracting a heavy toll,......
There was no smooth surge in middle class prosperity for foreign businesses to tap into because of the Indian economy was mismanaged, argues Debashis Basu. Photograph: Nick Zieminski/Reuters Among......
These are usually found among small and midcaps. It is not easy to find such stocks, especially after a strong bull market, discovers Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In......
If and when a new management takes over, it will discover that there is no worthwhile business to run, says Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Byju's is set to go down......
'There is so much talk about Netflix and what they should be doing.''In two years, SonyLIV has done what Netflix should be doing.' IMAGE: A scene from the popular SonyLIV show, Gullak. How did a......
In Parineeti Chopra's upcoming Netflix release The Girl On The Train, the actress goes against type to play an alcoholic, whose obsession around a happily married couple lands her in the middle of......
The pandemic and the lockdown came into our lives without warning. Nobody was prepared to be stuck at home. All social activity suddenly ended. Movie theatres were shut down and we missed the......
The insatiable greed for money and power is too large, too repugnant to thwart.And no one epitomised that better than Harshad Mehta, notes Dhruv Munjal. IMAGE: Pratik Gandhi is stunning as Harshad......