First Principles
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Restructuring the Planning Commission
A crack team led by Arun Maira is trying to breathe new life into a fading institution
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India's Highways Follow A Crooked Path
Beneath India's grand scheme to build a world class highway network lies a web of corruption and inefficiency
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Cleaning Up the Indian Patent Office
To seed innovation and attract more patent applications, India needs an efficient system. The new patents chief P.H. Kurian has started with the basics
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Back To The Roots For Andhra Pradesh Farmers
Traditional practices can revive tired soil and pull small farmers out of debt. Andhra Pradesh shows the way
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The Bellary Minefield
Miners in the area have one by one capitulated to the might of Janardhan Reddy. But Rahul Baldota is putting up a stiff resistance
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Who Do Oil Companies Turn to When There's a Spill?
Cleaning up oil spills takes money, equipment and skill. Oil Spill Response, a non-profit co-operative, is the first port of call for those attempting a clean-up
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Is The Dotcom Craze Back?
For a bubble-wary Internet observer, some of the indicators may seem ominously similar to the dotcom boom. But 2010 is no 1999
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Maxx Mobile: The Shanzhai Warrior
Ajjay Agarwal's Maxx Mobiles is among the clutch of upstarts that used off-the-shelf technology to erode Nokia's dominance in India's mobile phone market. Will the tribe survive the perils of scale?
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India's River Power
States are setting up run-of-the-river power projects to avoid resettlement issues associated with large dams. But the projects have their own drawbacks
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Mother Teresa’s Legacy is Under a Cloud
Mother Teresa’s legacy of compassion finds itself under a very critical public scanner today
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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