Making Music Global
Sunny Viswanath has introduced Swedish
and Australian voices to Malayalam
film music.
Destiny's Child
Meera Jasmine, the accidental
superstar, is happy with her work and
herself.
Technocrats Have Let Down Agriculture
"Our system of agricultural research
has not met the needs of the small
farmer in dryland farming... "
Q&a:'there Should Be One Flat
Corporate Tax Rate'
The UPA government has been accused of
harassing individual taxpayers.
Eminent tax consultant Praveen Agarwal
speaks on the subject to The Times of
India:
'Our Thrust Is On Regulated Markets'
Bangalore-based Strides Arcolab is one
of India’s largest exporters of
finished pharmaceuticals with
operations in over 50 countries.
Q&a:'1857 Was Largest Uprising In Any
European Empire'
As India is set to celebrate 150 years
of the 1857 uprising, William
Dalrymple's new book, The Last Mughal,
tries to put into perspective hitherto
unknown facts about the significant
event. Dalrymple tells Meenakshi Kumar
why the Mutiny was a . ..
Police Lack Modern Arms, Amenities
What is the current strength of our
police force? The total sanctioned
strength of our police force (civil
and armed) is 1,496, 276. Given the
size of our country, this means that
there is only one policeman for every
716.83 people and he . . .
‘Indian Historians Seem To Be Writing
For Each Other’
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a
Dynasty, 1857 — a “reconciliation
letter” to the city of
Delhi, about which he first wrote in City of
Djinns.
'The Grameen Bank Won It'
'We (Bangladesh)
have taken many things from the world,
now we have given something to the
world, a model to build a poverty-free
society.'
I Love Being A Pioneer. We Have Come
To A Point Where Telecom Is On
Autopilot. The Next Big Wave Is
Farming’
Hello and welcome to Walk The Talk. I
am Shekhar Gupta and what am I doing
in a college called
Arya College,
Ludhiana? It is no IIT, IIM or St
Stephens, Xaviers, Elphinstone or
Loyola, but a small, modest college in
smalltown Punjab in Ludhiana.
‘We Have The First-Mover Advantage'
Even as the big corporate houses roll
out their retail foray, small and
mid-rung players have begun
consolidating. Mid-level chains like
Vishal Mega Mart are targeting B and C
class towns for expansion. Vishal
recently announced the completion of .
. .
Q&a: 'Blame Consumption Patterns For
Water Crisis'
Rural India pays a heavy price to
water urban India. This fact is
brought out graphically in a film made
by Sanjay Barnela of Moving Images,
titled Village of Dust, City of Water.
Barnela spoke to Narayani Ganesh in
Bristol, at the Wildscreen . . .
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