Random Reflections-Economic Package Needed for the Country

Everyone accepts that the Covid-19 problem is not going to be over by April 14. When we were all anticipating an economy package, the PM asked us to hold candles and lights. To revive the economy,...

Read more April 7, 2020 at 12:37 pm Thomas Franco

Ease of Doing Business and Rana Plaza Tragedy

Five years ago, on April 24, 2013, a tragedy in neighbouring Bangladesh shook up everyone. Rana Plaza, a five-storied commercial building, that housed several “sweatshop” clothing factories, a bank and few shops, collapsed and...

Read more May 13, 2018 at 10:58 am Soumya Dutta

History Shows that Public Sector Banks are Needed

When India attained Independence in 1947 it inherited a weak, desperate and unwieldy banking structure. Other than the Imperial...

COVID-19: Why we must reorganise cities to deal with the third wave

As ambulances siren through streets and social media is filled with desperate pleas for beds, ICUs, oxygen and Remdesivir,...