I’m pleased to report that Studwell, a smart business journalist, delivers clear answers—not the hedged “on the one hand, on the other hand” answers that led an exasperated Harry Truman to ask for a “one-armed economist.” I found the book to be quite compelling. Studwell explains ...
the Indians come close to being the most childish and inefficient and perversely determined to cut the country's economic throat." Foreign journalists vied for airline seats to Bihar, one of the worst hit provinces during the drought years and billed as a sure shot to produce a million ne...
Severalviral messages used the notion of Biharis as outsiders in Mumbai, harping on the difficulty of ‘making it’ in an India where nepotism is rife. These messages suggested that one is at risk, and that what happened in the case of SSR is something that could happen to you. While ...
measures; or industries joining forces to provide adequate and timely resources; not-for-profit organizations coming to the rescue of vulnerable population; or even the governments ensuring proactive information dissemination, transparency of its actions and resource-sharing to better tackle the current ...