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  1. Plus ya Minus, Kee farak painda !

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    / December 14, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By G Mohan Imagine at the end of the month, your employer sends you a bill for your services rendered. Imagine, your bank charges you interest for keeping a deposit with them. Imagine, every month, your electricity distribution company sends you a cheque for consuming electricity. Imagine, every time you...

  2. FDI Naansense is all about the chicken !

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    / December 11, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Dr Vikram Venkateswaran My uncle lives in California. He loves listening to MS Subbulakshmi, reading `The Hindu’ online and eating curd rice without spaghetti. He also makes it a point to call me once in a month to give me guidance and teach me “the meaning of life”. I...
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    Tagged chicken, fdi, retail

  3. This winter, don’t apply Boroplus

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    / December 10, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By G Mohan Yesterday, we woke up to watch on television the terrible fire tragedy at an upmarket hospital in Kolkata. Having lived very close to the AMRI hospital in South Kolkata, the connection to the tragedy was a little more for me than the usual. Though no one I...
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    Tagged , boroplus, boycott, emami, fire, kolkota

  4. Reporting FDI in retail

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    / December 9, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Archana Venkat The Indian media seems to have made it a habit to promote cacophony and frenzy in emerging political situations with little attempt to independently analyse the scenario. The FDI in retail Bill is no different. While one heard positive things about it last week, this week began...

  5. The AD brigade will be the death of India’s economy

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    / December 5, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By M S Hussain So the government of MMS has finally capitulated to a bunch of has-beens calling themselves the Opposition. I am talking about the FDI in retail kerfuffle, where MMS made some brave noises, struck some heroic poses, about not backing down allowing Foreign Direct Investment in the retail...

  6. The Indian jobs paradox

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    / December 4, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By G Mohan One of India’s puzzles is that in this country workers cannot find jobs and employers cannot find workers. Labour exploitation co-exists with overpaid workers. The Indian labour market is very inefficient and therefore cannot match the jobs to workers.  The great rush for jobs in the organised...

  7. Consensus arrived on FDI

    Posted by Suresh Dharur
    / December 3, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Suresh Dharur The noisy Indian democracy has scripted a silent revolution. The politicians have arrived at a consensus on FDI policy. That is Family Direct Investment. Top echelons of political parties can have 100 percent FDI, allowing for hereditary route to the coveted organizational positions.   Unlike its economic...

  8. FDI in Retail : Who gains?

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    / November 30, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Narasimha Reddy There are a few sections in India who would love to see a Walmart store in their neighbourhood. The reason being it would be a very cool way to shop, it would offer a range of goods, there would be no waiting and shouting, the goods would...

  9. Inflation of zeroes

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    / November 20, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By G Mohan Times Now TV channel has been asked to deposit a fine of Rs 100 crore for a defamation case as a precondition for its appeal against a verdict by the Pune Court. The figure does look a little large but the number did not shock me. The...
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    Tagged inflation, zero

  10. Goodbye DD, Welcome NEFT

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    / November 5, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By G Mohan   This is from Kolkata in the early 90s. The city has its fair share of migrant workers from the interiors of Bihar. These workers would send money to their family back home. They would buy an envelope from the Post office and since most of them...

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