Understanding the realities of Partition

A group of youngsters recently organised a workshop in Mumbai with the aim of understanding partition without any preconceived notions. Ria Mirchandani, Zara Rustomji, Kunal Mehta, Niyati......

US explores post-Musharraf scenario

What will happen to Pakistan politics in a post-Musharraf scenario? It is a question that is as vexing as it is frequent, and it happened to the kicker at a conference on US-South Asia policy at......

The Gandhi dynasty: Politics as usual

The transition for India if Sonia Gandhi cannot continue her duties as head of the Congress party, could be dangerous. India's democratic institutions are already corroded by political corruption......

It's our turn to help in Haiti

It's time for us to think big, proportionate to our size. By contributing in a big way to the relief operations in quake-hit Haiti, India is making its debut into the league of big nations, writes......

Japan's Indian love affair

In September, Deutsche Asset Management, the investing arm of Germany's Deutsche Bank, conducted a series of seminars in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya on opportunities in India for Japanese retail......

Tata: Industrial oomph with IT smarts

B Muthuraman, Chief Executive Officer of Tata Steel, is all fired up -- about his company, about his job, about his industry, and about Jameshedpur, the township in Jharkhand where Tata Steel is......

With new team in place, Modi tightens grip on power

But critics caution that over-centralisation can lead to new bottlenecks Withered sunflowers are silhouetted next to power lines. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters. Anil Swarup is just the kind of......

What DLF boss learnt from Jack Welch

India's Gurgaon is the world's call-center hub. The newly built township, a short drive from New Delhi's airport and just 28 miles from the city center, looks like Shanghai in the 1990s -- a hive......