Milestones are usually an occasion to look back and reflect on the past. They are often viewed as opportunities to take stock of the path taken …
‘India lives in its villages’, Mahatma Gandhi had remarked at the dawn of the twentieth century. His words are equally important today.…
They say India is a land of opportunities, but for years these opportunities were untapped due to lack of leadership, absence of the will to …
A few weeks ago, Akash Jain, a young entrepreneur from Bengaluru, tweeted the Swachh Bharat logo printed on his sister’s …
Better connectivity drives regional economic growth and job creation. Moreover, building connections to tier-2 and tier-3 cities creates a …
There is a place high up in the mountains of Uttarakhand called Majkhali where, when darkness falls, you can lift your head and stare endlessly …
If the modest success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) had at its core the remarkable story of China lifting its people from poverty …
Over the last three years, entrepreneurship has captured India’s imagination, and for good reasons. Never in our history has it been …
The great Robert Noyce once said, “At the heart of what is possible is innovation and imagination”. Since I came back to India, I …
To mark the achievements of working men and women in India, let us take stock on this Labour Day. We must begin by acknowledging that 83 percent …
Creating 12 million jobs a year is a challenge for any government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems well aware of it. While critics …
“Women empowerment is vital to India’s development”—When PM Modi uttered these lines at the GES 2017, it gave hope to …
At best of times, India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is a lumbering giant, slow to stir and act. It not only is entrusted with the defence …
The financial sector in India is currently experiencing a golden age, and its biggest driver is the effort to move toward a less-cash economy. …
In 1959, Arthur Bonner wrote a telling piece “India’s masses: The Public Cant be reached”. Chronicling challenges of public …
The Indian Railways have come a long way since the chugging of the first train on Indian soil in April of 1853. India has always looked at the …
The people of India are seeking positive change, and are increasingly more willing than ever before to act on every opportunity that enables and …
It has been about three weeks since India’s landmark GST (Goods and Service Tax) became operational on July 1, 2017. Its impact on the …
For Usha Babu, the only woman auto driver in Ernakulam district of Kerala owning her own auto was a pipe dream. She drove a rented auto …
Our world is undergoing a series of transformational shifts occurring at an exponential speed. These shifts bear promise as well as peril. …
Commentaries on the Union Budget, especially in the English language, can be lop-sided, reflecting interests of a small slice of society. The …
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2018 in Davos, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his opening address spoke about the transformative …
If the 19thcentury can be characterized by the rise of industrialization and the 20thcentury by the expansion of the market economy and …
Reflections
