Indian-mithai-meets-Halloween-candy evening

From playing Hanuman -- when I was in the sixth grade -- in a modern version of the Ramayana for a cultural night titled Diwali Dhamaka, held at my apartment complex in India, to organising......

Hero Honda to pay Rs 24.5 bn licensing

India's largest two wheeler-maker Hero Honda will pay Honda 45 billion yen (about Rs 2,4.5 billion) till 2014 as part of a new licencing agreement signed between the Hero Group and the Japanese......

Hero Honda net profit surges 95%

The net profit for Hero Honda for the financial year's second quarter ending September 30, rose by 94.9 per cent to Rs 597.14 crore (Rs 5.97 billion) when compared against the same period last......

Repo cut: India Inc sceptical

India Inc, while welcoming the Reserve Bank of India's move to cut the key interest rate, expressed doubts on lenders' response to pass on the benefits to customers. "We should see the effect of......

RBI move to hit corporate profits

With the Reserve Bank of India planning to suck out liquidity from the system, the worst fears of the Indian corporate sector have come true. The consensus is that a high interest rate regime, now......

Nizhalkuthu is a masterwork

It is the early 1940s; India is on the cusp of Independence.In a remote village in Nagercoil, on the border between Tamil Nadu and Kerala, lives Kaliyappan (Oduvil Unnikrishnan), official......

Hearing on Ferrari tax rebate put off

The Delhi high courtpostedthe hearing on a Public Interest Litigation,challenging the Rs 1.13 crore duty exemption on a Ferrari car gifted to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar by Fiat, to September......