Pinarayi Aims For The Stars

Pinarayi is exploring the potentials of 'socialism with Indian characteristics'.The next five years under Pinarayi's watch will be a transformative period for Kerala's development, observes M K......

Can the Congress afford a high-handed approach anymore?

The Congress has been reduced to dust in Tamil Nadu by its allies. The Trinamool Congress is set to do the same in West Bengal. And the NCP is gaining at the Congress's expense in Maharashtra,......

Delhi: Sealing drive uneventful on Monday

A total of 124 shops in South Delhi were sealed on Monday by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on the fourth day of its sealing drive, resumed as per the orders of the Supreme Court.During the......

Kaku's secrets of success

Back in those days when a four year old's life was limited to home, school and the babysitter's frontyard, I still learnt a lot about sharing, tolerance and teamwork. No, I am not talking about a......

5 lessons PE funds have learnt in India

Some of the world’s marquee private equity (PE) firms have lost their investments in India, mainly due to governance issues in companies. Many of the dud investments were made between 2005......

Bain sues EY in US court for $60-mn loss in Lilliput

Bain alleges that it invested around $60 mn based on false financial statements that EY had audited and certifiedPrivate equity (PE) major Bain Capital has sued EY (formerly Ernst & Young) in a US......

PEs find investment in brands wise, but are wary of retailers

India-focused private equity (PE) players are keen on designer brands, but they seem to be wary of investing in retail apparel firms.   That explains why no deal has been sealed in the......

Bad old ways of modern-day entrepreneurs

Despite a more liberalised business milieu, modern-day entrepreneurs remain prone to unethical behaviour and poor governance. Satyam, Subhiksha, Lilliput, Reebok, Everonn, Onmobile. Wondering......

Beast Review

Leave logic behind, sit back and watch Vijay do the impossible, observes Divya Nair. It's 7.45 am and the mall in Thane has barely opened on a Wednesday. The security staff is trying to make sense......

Mirzapur 2 is all surface pleasures...

... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Divyenndu Sharma in Mirzapur 2. I think you can enjoy the second season of Mirzapur if you tuck away the central plot somewhere in the......

Mirzapur 2 trailer: Action gets more intense!

With quite a few characters joining the cast, it would be interesting to see how the story unravels in season two, notes Namrata Thakker.  The highly anticipated trailer of Mirzapur 2 is out......

PIX: Deepti Naval, Javed Akhtar, Supriya Pathak at Farooque Sheikh's condolence meet

Veteran actor Farooque Sheikh, who passed away on December 28 while holidaying in Dubai with his family, was given a tearful send-off by his many friends and admirers from the film industry.After......