Archive
EDITION: 05 November, 2010
Podcast
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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups
A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India
Exit Interview
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Raghu Pillai: Retail Is a Very Local Business
Raghu Pillai, who has quit Reliance Retail to join Future group, tells Forbes India that he still supports the high speed rollout model for retail and that firms that controlled costs during the downturn will reap dividends now
Recliner
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John Travolta: High Flier
John Travolta flew into Mumbai in September — at the controls of his own Boeing — as a Breitling brand ambassador, to launch a new watch. To the accompaniment of constantly-clicking cameras, and despite over-enthusiastic minders, Forbes India got to ask him a few questions
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The Cutting Edge in Indian Medicine
Minimally invasive surgery is an exciting, fast-growing area of healthcare. We look at four procedures you may not have heard of
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The CEO’s Suite
You couldn’t get more sophisticated office space than the new Audi A8 L
Appraisals
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Book Review: Rock and Roll Jihad
This book chronicles his Junoon lead guitarist Salman Ahmad's journey from wide-eyed young Pakistani
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Book Review: The Upside of Irrationality
Author tries to get deep inside the minds of his subjects and experiment on their psyches to understand them
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Column
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The Futility of Forecasting In The Stock Market
Most stock market forecasts are hopeless. The investor is better off betting on the fundamentals rather than market direction
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Change the Only Constant
Letter from the Executive Editor: There's only one man who's got the credentials to see Infosys through a gut wrenching transformation K.V. Kamath of ICICI Bank
Photos
Real Issue
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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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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
Close Range
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Yves Smith: Economics Cons the World
Yves Smith, author of the recently released ECONned, tells Forbes India how neoclassical economics has failed the public
Tip-Off
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Getting Off Your Bot
Virtual presence devices give you a physical presence in the office even while you leave the Merc in the garage
Frequent Flier
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My London
No city compares to London when it comes to choice of restaurants, says Som Mandal
Work in Progress
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How Rahul Bhatia Found His Escape Velocity
They say you can’t make money in India’s airline business. IndiGo is proving them wrong
Boardroom
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The Indian Microfinance Lending Machine
The story of India’s microfinance sector, and its showcase company SKS, are intertwined in tragic ways
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Kris Gopalakrishnan: No Need to Give Up Margins
The CEO of Infosys talks to Forbes India about the Infosys model and why it works
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N.R. Narayana Murthy: All I Want is a Good Night’s Sleep
The chairman of Infosys talks to Forbes India about the software company’s pace of growth and his life after retirement
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Can Infosys Move Out Of Murthy’s Shadow?
N.R. Narayana Murthy’s successor will have to be a bold risk-taker, open to radically new ideas. And some voices on the board think K.V. Kamath is the man for the job
What If
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Algorithmic Trading: Higher Than Human
Will High Frequency Trading make markets more efficient? Or will it lead to unforeseen problems? In India, the debate is far from over
Briefing
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Tribal Communities Stand their Ground
The territorial battle between mining companies and tribals has spread across the country
F-index
Cheat Sheet
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Most Expensive Homes in India
Who owns the most expensive home in India? No, it’s not Mukesh Ambani
Ex-Libris
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K. Ganesh: Reading to be Happy
Two books that shaped Tutorvista.com's K.Ganesh's career
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Ask the Insider
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Do Rock Stars Lip-Synch?
Behind every slick event, a thousand migraines bloom. We asked event manager Farhad Wadia, head of E18*, what goes on behind the scenes
Breakpoint
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Veni, Vidi, Wiki: Wikipedia in Courts
The encyclopaedia that everyone can edit is not just the common man's favourite; now even courts are turning to it to settle legal questions
Nuggets
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Nuggets: Best of IFA Berlin, a Book on Indian Women and the latest Porsche
Here, from IFA 2010, are some gadgets you'll be using in the very near future...
Resolution
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The IPO Attitude Problem
Companies are over-pricing IPOs to cash in on investors fast-in-fast-out strategy. The result is a loss for both
Cross Border
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As You Sow - How BASF is Reaping Benefits
BASF's Indian unit forms a relationship with farmers that goes far beyond the products it sells them
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