Phonepe’s Indus Appstore Crosses One Lakh Downloads Within Three Days Of Launch
Unprecedented traction signals a new wave of innovation and choice in India's app ecosystem
February 26, 2024
Wipro's No to Narayana Murthy: A Rejection That Changed Indian IT Sector’s Face
Before he set up what was to become one of Indian IT sector’s biggest success stories, Narayana Murthy was rejected by Wipro chairman Azim Premji. The Infosys chairman later found out that Premji considered this one of his gravest errors of judgement. In her latest book An Uncommon Love Story, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores little known facets of Murthy’s life and the influential role his wife Sudha played in it
February 01, 2024
An Indian Apartheid
Ideals of the proletariat, their commune and a proletariat dictatorship lay fossilised as painful photos of scores of migrant labourers walking many hundred miles to reach the safety of their village hit headlines in India in the early days of the first wave of Covid-19 in 2020
Suchetana Ray - February 01, 2024
It Is Too Early to Celebrate India’s New Growth Path, Says Raghuram Rajan
Former RBI governor and economist Raghuram Rajan has been vocal about his ideas on policy matters in India. His latest book Breaking the Mould, co-authored with economist Rohit Lamba, is a deep dive into finer issues of the economy, including welfare schemes, job crisis, misplaced priorities of the government and much more. In an interview, Rajan demystifies the current narrative of growth in the country and why manufacturing-led growth might not be the best solution at hand. Edited excerpts:
Abdul Haleem Sherif - December 29, 2023
The Architect Of Indian Paparazzi
Recently on his birthday, all the major Instagram photographers like viral Bhayani, Manav Mangalani, Yogen shah and Varinder Chawla collectively thanked Prabhat Choudhary, the founder of India’s biggest entertainment public relations agency Spice PR for his contribution in building Indian paparazzi on social media. Prabhat is perhaps the most sought-after media strategist in Indian entertainment, and top celebrities of Bollywood and Tollywood are his clients. Here is the edited excerpt from his interview with Outlook Business
Outlook Business - December 05, 2023
Mastering the Chip Shot
As developed nations around the world eye supremacy in global semiconductor supply, will India manage to make a space for itself? Or will geopolitics and historical challenges prevent the country from building the hitherto elusive chip ecosystem?
Abdul Haleem Sherif - June 30, 2023
Sequoia Stuck Between Start-Up Frauds And Controversies
Every time an Indian start-up hits headlines for wrong reasons, Sequoia Capital and its most famous fund manager Shailendra Singh are in the spotlight. Is it the doing of their rivals? Or, are there serious issues that the VC firm needs to address? Can Singh pull Sequoia out of troubled waters?
Suchetana Ray - February 27, 2023
Always On The Go
Happiness is in being passionate about what you do, says Rohit Arora, CEO and co-founder of fintech platform Biz2Credit and a self-confessed workaholic
Chitra Nair - January 30, 2023
Incomplete Capitalism Holds India Back: K.V. Subramanian
K.V. Subramanian, India’s executive director at the International Monetary Fund and former chief economic adviser to the Central government, minces no words while pointing to flaws in the economic policy of pre-Narendra Modi era. However, he is optimistic about India’s growth potential amid the global slowdown and attributes the country’s stability in face of the challenges brought about by Covid-19 to its refusal to imitate others economies. In an interview with Kamalika Ghosh, he recounts the hits and misses of incumbent and earlier governments during India’s economic journey since independence
Kamalika Ghosh - January 30, 2023
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?
Kamalika Ghosh - January 30, 2023