KAMALIKA GHOSH

  • strategy 4 / Feature

    Can SRK Break The Southern Comfort?

    2022 was a year of hits for south Indian films and misses for Bollywood. Will the latter learn from its debacle or will it again bank on star power for deliverance?     

    February 01, 2023
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    India Needs A Neutral Authority To Hold Govt Accountable: Shashi Tharoor

    Prior to withdrawing it in August last year, the government had, in December 2021, referred the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019—which was criticised for being in favour of the government—to a Joint Parliamentary Committee instead of sending it to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, which was then headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. 

    January 01, 2023
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    The Indian Way Of Regulating Big Tech

    India wants to overhaul the mechanism through which it governs the fast-evolving tech sector and reams of data government initiatives and private sector produce. With Prime Minister Modi’s desire to imprint his muscular persona on it, the balancing act lies in its details

    January 01, 2023
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    BCCI's Fair And Equal Play

    BCCI’s decision to bring in pay parity between men and women cricketers in the country is a momentous chapter in the history of the sport in India

    December 01, 2022
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    Sandeep Nanduri: Tracking A Civil Servant’s Goodness

    Tamil Nadu-cadre IAS officer helped set up two social projectsa café by the differently abled and a milk cooperative by transgender individualsin Thoothukudi district. Both the projects have now come into their own

    December 01, 2022
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    NextWealth: Finding IT Skills And Jobs Outside Urban Limits

    Former Wipro employees Sridhar Mitta, Mythily Ramesh and Anand Talwai wanted to prioritise employees over profit and focus on providing meaningful employment to educated youth. It took them to Tier II and Tier III cities

    December 01, 2022
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    The Silver Lining

    In his 50s, Dinesh Mohan switched gears to enter the glamour scene, showing the world that it is never too late

    October 01, 2022
  • strategy 4 / Feature

    A Trillion-Dollar Code For Uttar Pradesh

    Chasing the $1 trillion economy dream by 2027, Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh awaits a change that goes beyond an infrastructural push

    September 01, 2022
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    ‘Coal Cannot Be Abruptly Expunged From The Energy System’

    India’s transition from coal to renewables is not going to be easy or without consequences. Pramod Agrawal, chairman of state-owned Coal India Limited, weighs in

    September 01, 2022
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    Entrepreneurship Gen Z’s Most Favoured Career Choice

    Findings of the Outlook Toluna Youth Survey 2022 indicate that India’s youth are increasingly opting for new-age careers over conventional ones and also inclined towards entrepreneurship. But, the pull of conventional career choices remains equally strong

    August 01, 2022
  • strategy 4 / Feature

    Fintechs On A Lending Cart

    Realising the need for digital lending, legacy banks are collaborating with fintech companies, which are considered more nimble and less averse to risk-taking. But can it benefit fintechs, which seem to have hit the wall in the form of a seemingly less-than-credible business model?

    July 01, 2022
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    A Sovereign Guarantee For Jobseekers

    The jobs situation in the country is grim. If the Modi government needed a reminder, India’s youth has given it in the form of Agniveer-related protests. Modi’s advisors want him to emulate the much-criticised MGNREGA scheme in urban areas along with universal basic income, an idea that Rahul Gandhi proposed in 2019. Can a job guarantee scheme hit the bull’s eye in towns and cities?

    July 01, 2022
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    Oil Of Great Import

    India’s edible oil import bill has gone beyond the humongous figure of Rs 1 lakh crore. With the government pushing for domestic production, especially of palm oil, the sector has spawned a rivalry between a swadeshi Ruchi Soya and an imports-driven Adani Wilmar

    May 01, 2022
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    ‘Global Events Could Challenge Hegemony Of Dollar’

    Will the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war change the idea of globalisation and sovereignty? Will the hegemony of the US dollar and its might be challenged? K.V. Subramanian, former chief economic advisor, weighs in. Edited excerpts:
     

    April 01, 2022