Pinned‘Bar bar dekho’: Why Kolkata and Mumbai offered most fertile ground for watering holes in IndiaA Malayali friend joked that the state song of Kerala should be ‘Bar, Bar Dekho, Hazar Bar Dekho…’. Punning on the word ‘Bar’ she would…Sep 24, 2023Sep 24, 2023
PinnedBotton UpI have always believed in the serendipity of books. It is not Bibliomancy. But, more like synchronicity. The timing of finding a book or a…May 14, 2021May 14, 2021
Am I interesting enough for myself to want to live the rest of my life with me?Met my favourite uncle in London. Just past eighty his wife and partner of five decades passed away a couple of years ago — leaving him…Oct 2Oct 2
Industrial Smart Cities ticks all boxes. Challenge is in its timely executionIt can be said that Jamshedpur was India’s first industrial smart city and, by a stretch, so were the townships that were developed around…Sep 2Sep 2
Hindenburg’s desperate attempts to target India’s economic and political ecosystemThe extent of efforts and resources invested by Hindenburg to implicate SEBI reveals a desperate attempt to salvage a plot that went awry.Aug 12Aug 12
GhoseSpot | How Bangladesh crisis will truly test Indian diplomacyBangladesh is unfortunately fated to go through turbulent times, but the implications of its descent to anarchy can have serious…Aug 7Aug 7
With a coalition government and revitalised Opposition, third term will test PM Modi’s leadershipIt has been over a week since the declaration of the Lok Sabha election results, but we seem to be still caught in a “morning after…Jun 13Jun 13
Running a coalition government will test Narendra Modi’s political maneuverabilityThe Opposition — particularly the Congress — is trying to portray the general election results as a ‘moral defeat’ for Narendra Modi…Jun 10Jun 10
GhoseSpot | A wake-up call, not a Waterloo: BJP’s fight back starts nowWriting for Firstpost in early April 2024, this columnist had quipped, “..if the electioneering is muted and shorn of fireworks, the voter…Jun 6Jun 6