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Home and Away

In my previous two essays – ‘Bringing out the best in us’ and ‘Silver lining’, I wrote about the scarcity mindset and why having little means so much. And while we fall in to scarcity trap, it is in some ways working in our favour as well. But why is...

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Happening Haryana!

The Banquet hall at the Leela Hotel in Gurgaon bore a celebratory look. Close to a thousand businessmen, investors, managers from twelve countries apart from India had congregated at the venue of the Happening Haryana Global Investors Summit. I was still soaking in the vibrant atmosphere when I saw the...

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It’s All about Love!

Every year, just before Valentine’s Day, newspapers, radio channels, social media, TV and markets are full of heart-shaped candy boxes, roses, and diamonds for “that special someone” – a romantic love. Legend has it that St. Valentine’s Day was intended to celebrate a priest who was so kind-hearted and such...

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Silver lining?

My cousin who works in the U.S. health department in Dallas was recently told by her co-worker that she is a bit too aggressive at her work domain. Being an Asian, she took it to heart and thought of it as a racist remark. However, from the likes of it,...

Kick Starting the Indian Startups – Getting it Right!

Optimism in environment In my last piece I had said that the Goldilocks moment for startups was here. Indeed it is! Kick Starting the Indian Startups – Getting it Right! Optimism in environment I believe that the Goldilocks moment for startups is very much here! There is a certain air...

Bringing out the ‘best’ in us

Recently at a family get together, my niece who has a great sense of humor which borders morbid at times, excitedly narrated an incident. She took it on herself to renew her driver’s license without greasing any palm and refused outright to take her husband’s help. More than to anyone...

The WTO Dynamics – A Game Loaded Against Emerging Markets

The Backdrop Since the first Doha Development Round took place in 2001, year on year bilateral trade relations between countries have been significantly realigned and continue to be dynamic. Mega Trade Blocks, Regional Trade Blocks as well as country to country FTAs have become order of the day. The developed...

What’s Our Monomyth

Have you ever been to a first show on the first day of a Rajnikanth film? Here is roughly how it goes: audience starts queuing up at 4am, on his every one liner, people will get up start hooting and whistling to the point that most of the film becomes...

Global Manufacturing – The Changing Landscape

We are possibly living in a defining era – an era characterized by a borderless global village, with easy facilitation of trade and services and free flow of capital, goods and people. Further, a world that is in a constant state of motion has led to a complete metamorphosis of...