India should spend $1 bn annually to train school teachers: Narayana Murthy

Software icon NR Narayana Murthy on Wednesday called for spending $1 billion a year to train school teachers by 10,000 retired highly accomplished teachers from the developed world and from India......

How Santy's Bombshell will impact India

Dr Santhanam's crossing over to the side of the sceptics will be a serious challenge to the scientific establishment, says T P Sreenivasan. Two significant scientific accomplishments of India......

Baseless criticism of the prime minister

Ever since the prime minister returned from his recent visit to the US, after agreeing to a tentative framework for civilian nuclear co-operation between the two countries, he has been at the......

Sachin Tendulkar invests $2 mn in JetSynthesys

With this investment, Tendulkar joins the bandwagon of existing shareholders of JetSynthesys, who include Adar Poonawalla, Kris Gopalakrishnan, etc. Sachin Tendulkar has recently made an equity......

Founders at helm is Infosys' biggest problem

The stranglehold of the founders over the Infosys management has actually strengthened after the recent changes: Mr Murthy is the executive chairman, Mr Gopalakrishnan the executive vice-chairman......

How to give board the freedom to run Infy

The time is ripe to accede to the founders' plea to declassify them as promoters. Image: A file photograph of Infosys founders (Left to right): Nandan Nilekani, S Gopalakrishnan, N R Narayana......

Indian IT gears up for US backlash

Leading Indian information technology companies are bracing themselves for a US backlash against the industry in the run-up to the 2008 presidential elections. "It will be a potent combination of a......

Goodbye, Mr Bharat Gopi

It is difficult for me to write about Malayalam veteran actor Bharat Gopi, who died in Thiruvananthapuram on January 29. The 71-year-old actor was admitted to a private hospital two days ago,......

India's Best Films: Girish Kasaravalli

Recently, Time magazine announced its list of the 100 greatest films of all time, and the eclectic selection includes five Indian films. While none would question the brilliance of the selected......

India's Best Films: Theodore Bhaskaran

Recently, Time magazine announced its list of the 100 greatest films of all time, and the eclectic selection includes five Indian films. While none would question the brilliance of the selected......

'If ever I feel rootless, I will move to Kerala'

Engineer-turned-filmmaker Satish Menon is much talked about in Kerala these days. His first feature film in Malayalam, Bhavum, won several awards-- including Best Feature Film, Best Background......