Chasing the Lakhpati Dream
Generations of rural Indian women have had their hopes and dreams crushed by the twin hammers of poverty and patriarchy. But now, the Lakhpati Didi scheme has come as an instrument that can help break the shackles. Outlook Money spoke to women across four states to understand how women in India’s hinterlands are starting on their entrepreneurial journeys
Kundan Kishore - April 28, 2024
Hoodwinked in App-Verse
Online markets are teeming with dark patterns— manipulative designs on apps meant to deceive and make people buy things they never intended to. People using apps to get groceries, book flight tickets or call cabs need to be cautious
Prathik Desai - April 27, 2024
What Money Can Buy in the Election Season
Votes, presumably. Every passing cycle, elections are becoming expensive affairs. And candidates need pots of money to campaign and win polls, spending caps notwithstanding
Ankita Mookherjee - April 27, 2024
The Next 100 Years
The success of the media and entertainment industry lies in becoming dream machines that redefine pop culture. And there are no shortcuts to it
Suchetana Ray - April 27, 2024
A. Balasubramanian: A Journey From Melattur to Mumbai
Work is worship and the office is like a temple, the Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund MD and CEO believes. He says he spends around 85% of his time on work and the rest on social engagements. Classical music plays in his office at the beginning of the workday to spread positive vibrations
Kundan Kishore - April 28, 2024
Dial M for Mukesh
The Reliance-Disney merger is Mukesh Ambani’s answer to Google and Meta in India. Here’s how…
Abdul Haleem Sherif - April 27, 2024
How AI Could Derail RIL-Disney India Merger
AI can enable independent content creators to monetise on their own terms, potentially reshaping the media and entertainment industry
Manish Maheshwari - April 27, 2024
Money Plant: The Business of Tree Plantation
Firms are popping up to help people and companies plant saplings. Reasons for this green consciousness range from earning carbon credits to a desire to fight deforestation
Naina Gautam - March 27, 2024
House of Cards
At 8.4%, India’s GDP surpassed the expectations of analysts of almost all dispositions. But are GDP numbers hiding a bleaker story? It is not just the missing private money, there are more devils in the story
Parth Singh - March 27, 2024
Morality Tale
From poster boys of heady success in the start-up valley, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Ashneer Grover and Byju Raveendran are the pinup boys of what disproportionate ambition could do to otherwise seemingly good men
Suchetana Ray - February 29, 2024