Opinion

Within those first years, we learned the three ‘R’s: reading, writing and (a)rithmetic, and soon, learning became second nature. A thriving career for anyone today is a cumulative milestone, all…

This structural transformation has been successful, as India’s services sector accounts for more than 50% of the country’s GDP and employs 30% of the population. However, a non-traditional approach to…

‘Perplexing’ times is perhaps a worse thing to wish for. But that’s perhaps where value investors find themselves today.  Let’s step back a bit and see the big picture. Indian…

The US Federal Reserve surprised markets by opting for a significant rate cut of 50 basis points (0.5%) to the Fed Funds policy rate. While a rate cut was expected…

SWFs mark a seminal development in 21st century international finance and can play a pivotal role. Many capital exporting countries, including the US, are looking to establish SWFs and more…

Australia has become the first country in the world to try and formally legislate a solution to the problem of social media’s impact on children. Earlier this month, Australian Prime…

There is anger in the air. A sense of revolution in the streets, with demonstrators demanding change. But all this has been seen before. Countless rapes of women, from toddlers…

My former headmaster, Shomie Ranjan Das, affectionately called Heady, passed away on the 9 September 2024, soon after his 89th birthday. He had the distinction of being the only person…

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was compelled to put out a notice that Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) and other payment systems of banks serviced…

More than four weeks after US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research fired a salvo at the chairperson of India’s capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Madhabi Puri Buch,…