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Regulars

The comparison of the 'Ground Zero' mosque with our own temple vs mosque controversy in Ayodhya is not entirely out of place

By Vinod Mehta

The Secret Diary Of

Omar Abdullah

“When I said things are bad, I was referring to Kashmir....” His response was typical: “Was it ever good, beta?

Ajith Pillai

Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

Polscape

Random notes, gossip, bitching, angles, conspiracy theories, spoofs, essential fundas

Letters

Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats

10 Questions

Rituparna Sengupta

The national award-winning Bengali actress on her B’wood stint and upcoming film Life Express

Arpita Basu

Showtime

Dabangg

The film held the promise of churning the masalas to the core but stops well short of it. The real film itself has little more to offer than its own trailer.

Namrata Joshi

delhi restaurant

Wisps Of Trout

If you want the music turned down, as we did, then you are too old for Smoke House Deli.

Sheela Reddy

Best B-Schools 2010

Outlook-MDRA Survey

Can India Manage? Y/N

For people managers of the future, Outlook-MDRA’s definitive guide to the best B-schools in the land

Sunit Arora

snippets

B Drive

Reading list for gravy-train riders, back-up plan for the also-rans

Pragya Singh

evolution

Course Correction

Programmes try to create grads who are effective from Day 1

Arti Sharma, Lola Nayar

interview

‘We Must Go Beyond Knowing...To Doing’

In a world obsessed with the MBA degree, few have questioned its relevance in today’s business environment...

Arindam Mukherjee Interviews Srikant M. Datar

Column

A.K.A. Poopcee Maxi

The story of a how a feeding bottle salesman started a private port

Nikhil Gandhi

snippets

B Drive

Dollops of info to smoothen the rough-and-tumble of business

Pragya Singh

indian thinkers

The Nano Mantras

Indian business gurus come of age globally

Arindam Mukherjee, Pragya Singh, Ashish Kumar Sen

Interview

‘I’d Rather Hear Stories That Affect Our 600 Million’

Beating the drum of India Rising is all very well but India is ignoring less flattering aspects at its own peril.

Ashish Kumar Sen Interviews Raj Patel

Column

Instead Of A Process

Indian firms must opt for the nimbleness and creativity of co-creation

Venkat Ramaswamy

ideas

A Penny For Your Thoughts

The world flips on cutting-edge management theories. But an unready India quietly resists.

Arindam Mukherjee

Human capitalism

Compassion Inc

Corporate sensitivity is the new mantra. Will it go beyond PR?

Pragya Singh

MBAs in Politics

Theories To Live By

The ingress of management practices into politics bodes well

Lola Nayar

succession planning

Happily Ever After

Business houses are planning their successors well in advance

Arti Sharma

business films

Company Art

Tinsel town has its own take on corporates and the pursuit of profit

Dibakar Banerjee

Convocation Address

Kitty Hawk Eyes

Vision, venture, persistence—any day, they surpass wealth and talent

G. R. Gopinath

National

ayodhya: babri verdict

Unto The Lordship

As judgement day nears, how will the Ram debate play out now?

Saba Naqvi

ayodhya: verdict

In Godot’s Town

Fear and ennui run high as Ayodhya awaits title suit verdict

Prarthna Gahilote, Sharat Pradhan

kashmir: protests

Two Steps Sideways

New Delhi seems befuddled about what to do with Kashmir

Showkat A. Motta

kashmir: protests “AFSPA Is Not The Main Issue” Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani spoke to Hakim Irfan Hakim Irfan Interviews Syed Ali Shah Geelani
kashmir: reportage Kashmir, Looking In India’s success has sweetened the foreign reportage on Kashmir Pranay Sharma

karnataka: bjp

Ministers Of Offence

Tainted mantris define Yediyurappa’s cabinet

Sugata Srinivasaraju

opinion

Wages Of Democracy

Politics is expensive. MPs need a hike to stay afloat—and honest.

Rajeev Gowda

politics: tamil nadu

Bronze Alloys

A Chola statue starts a DMK-BJP sidestory

Pushpa Iyengar

bengal: bureaucracy

In A Red Funk

A pre-emptive flight of Bengal’s bureaucracy

Dola Mitra

opinion

Sparta Versus Athens

Against a militaristic approach to the Maoists, Nitish tries persuasion

Neelabh Mishra

Features

review

Field Glasses To Make You Think

Aiming at a grand strategy for India through multiple strategic scenarios of net assessment, this book argues for an imaginative calculation of our various futures

S. Enders Wimbush on The Long View From Delhi: To Define The Indian Grand Strategy For Foreign Policy By Raja Menon and Rajiv Kumar