“Democracy is by the people, for the people, and of the people.”-Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA (1861-65) We claim to be the largest democracy. Are we? Two latest developments raise this question....
A sitting minister in Singapore, Eswaran, has recently been sent to jail to serve a one-year term on corruption charges involving acceptance of a golf set, tickets to attend an expensive show, etc. Can...
During the year-long agitation in 2020-21, the farmers gave a call to boycott Ambani and Adani. Now they have given a call to Observe Corporate Quit India Day on 9th August 2024. They have...
The last 10 years have seen a remarkable disinterest in running and maintaining transport for the poor. Even in all the cacophony around development, the sounds and sights of the poor trying to catch...
Challenging Monopolistic Practices and Emerging Competitors. India holds a prominent position in the global petrochemicals industry. Demand for plastics across diverse sectors
Carnival games are rigged in favour of their owners. It seems ostensibly easy to win. But it isn’t. Somehow you will miss the target or click the wrong tab. So was the Hindenburg expose...
In spite of the Hindenburg report and the SEBI enquiry under progress, the SBI-led consortium has agreed to give another Rs 34000 crore to the Adani Group as per the news reports.
We the undersigned express our deep concern on reports in the news media which state that a State Bank of India (SBI) led consortium is planning to invest ₹ 34,000 crore in the first...
Almost every day, new information is surfacing. Favours given in allocation of ports to Adani, airports bestowed on him, coal auctions going to him, oil import contracts coming his way, and the list goes...
Share trade resembles a local market auction -the anxious traders,their tricks and hacks and the adrenaline raising rounds of bid. Two decades back it was literally so with share traders jumping around most of...
हिंडनबर्ग रिपोर्ट और अडानी के शेयरों का गिरना, एक कहीं गहरे संकट की निशानी है। और इसका असर शेयर बाजार में हुए नुकसान से कहीं ज्यादा गंभीर है। सारे ही देश को एक आत्म-विश्लेषण...
Ignoring warning signs, whistle-blowers and clear visible facts and acknowledging them later when a disaster strikes is human nature. But even that reckoning will be limited to the extent of the disaster, and not...
Mr Gautam Adani who become the second-richest man due to the support of Mr Narendra Damodardas Modi (See Random Reflections – Why boycott Adani) is in deep trouble. Almost every bank in the country...
Take loans as much as you want and expand your empire' – this seems to be the new corporate mantra. A study by CreditSights, affiliated with the credit rating agency Fitch warns about over...