What 15 litres of water and a bucket tell us about Narayana Murthy’s ‘terror’
By Captain G.R. GOPINATH It is not easy to let go, for any of us. As a parent, even after your daughter is well past her teens, you worry …
By Captain G.R. GOPINATH It is not easy to let go, for any of us. As a parent, even after your daughter is well past her teens, you worry …
The stand-out aspect of the ongoing bigotry and hatred of the white supremacists in America is the response of its thought leaders: in the arts and in business in particular, …
Former major domos of the Sikkapatte Important Company of Karnataka, also known as #MurthyAngadi, continue to provide an interesting snapshot of “New India”. One of them, a self-confessed Sunday-morning toilet cleaner at …
What qualifications must an elected MLA possess to become a minister? Whose prerogative is it to nominate a minister? Who decides what portfolio a minister must be allotted? Should ministers …
In all the name-calling and tu-tu-main-main that Karnataka’s politics has been reduced to, there is little talk of the other “2G”—Good Governance—that god’s own party boastfully promises from every pulpit, …
In normal circumstances, the exit of a lone individual from a giant company would not have attracted too much attention. But then, T.V. Mohandas Pai is no ordinary employee; he was …
Once the ink over the “integration” of the IT company iGate with another IT company Patni dries down, the $1.2 billion deal brings up a nice, bitchy question: has Phaneesh …
PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: In the six days since the half-truths came out, the Satyam saga has played to script. The stock’s value has plunged, employees careers have …
RAMYA KRISHNAMURTHY writes from Bangalore: Despite what Infosys’ T.V. Mohandas Pai told us, the new Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) hasn’t seen IT business plunge “by 30 per cent”. Despite what …
ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: Ernest Hemingway said early to bed and early to rise and somebody else has all the fun. John Ciardi said early to bed and early …
ASHVINI A. writes from Bangalore: The Bangalore edition of The Hindu has a piece today on the second unit of the Global Education Centre coming up on the Mysore campus …
ASHWINI A. writes from Bangalore: With the Union Budget less than a week away, all kinds of lobbies and special interest groups are trying to swing a better deal for …