First Principles
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Media Agencies Are On The Ropes
Marketing clients are beginning to raise uncomfortable questions about both performance and practices. And media agencies are clearly feeling the heat
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Will Our Trains Ever Be Safe?
One more train accident, hundreds of lives lost again. And the Indian Railways still can't get its act together and implement obvious technology solutions for better safety
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Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation: A Success Story
Tamil Nadu’s efficient drug procurement system offers clues to fixing the glitches in the national health system
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The Real Woman in Hindi TV
Hindi entertainment channels are giving their on-screen woman an identity away from the usual bahu who cooks in the kitchen and schemes in the bedroom
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Identifying the Poor
Like the elephant described by the five wise men of Hindoostan, poverty in India has eluded all definitions. The government is now making yet another attempt to know who really are its poor people...
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The Whethermen
Indian scientists are trying out a new climate model to get monsoon forecasts right. If they can get it to work, expect it to rain when they say it will
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The Carbon Project in Uganda
A small experiment in Uganda that uses carbon credits to fund reforestation could provide a viable template for poor nations to conserve their green cover
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The Law of the Land
Buy land, they're not making it anymore, said Mark Twain. At last, India is moving to secure this basic source of human power
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Back to India: US Universities Lose Sheen
The lure of getting a doctoral degree from the US is fading, as grants become meagre in the wake of the recession. America's loss is India's gain
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Why They Won't Come to Teach You From Harvard
The education crisis in India is much more serious than can be solved by calling in foreign universities
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Pension Plans for the Unorganised Sector
Gautam Bhardwaj has undertaken a tough task: To make sure unorganised India can retire on a pension