Archive
EDITION: 28 August, 2009
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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
Ask the Insider
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Is There a 100-Mile-High Club?
They’re one of the most exclusive groups on earth: The ones who have seen our planet as a whole. Sunita Williams, a Nasa astronaut of part-Indian descent, what it feels like
Magazine Extra
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View from the Inside
Albert James Lutalo Bosa , Former vice chancellor of Kyambogo University in Kampala, recounts and compares Uganda of today with that in the 70s
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Heart of Darkness
Forbes India's Neelima Mahajan-Bansal grew up during the trying times of Ugandan civil war. Here, she recounts her family's experience
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Looking at Africa
Forbes India spoke to two OECD economists to figure out what has changed in Africa that makes the continent so popular. Excerpts from two interviews with Jose Gijon, Head of Africa and Middle East Desk, OECD Development Centre, and Andrew Mold, senior economist and head of the Finance for Development Unit OECD Development Centre
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Experiences of the Indian Diaspora in Africa
Manubhai Madhvani and Manu Chandaria look back and forward respectively into the roles Indians play in Africa
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'High Risks and High Rewards'
Harry Broadman, Managing Director of Albright Stonebridge Group and the author of Africa’s Silk Road, believes that Africa is the next big frontier for both Chinese and Indian companies.
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Indian Inc Explores Africa
What does NIIT, Tata, Apollo Tyres and Dr Reddy’s have in common? Their prolonged interest and success in Africa
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What Sells in India, Goes Down Well in Africa
Vijay Mahajan, the John P. Harbin Centennial Chair in Business, McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, believes that Africa has too many negative stories that cloud its true potential
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Gunning For Glory
Director Shashank Ghosh and story writer Rajesh Devraj talk about their movie 'Quick Gun Murugan'
Close Range
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We Aren't a Patent Troll
Critics equate the business of Washington-based Intellectual Ventures in patentable research with land grabbing! Forbes India quizzes former IIT director and the firm's India chairman Ashok Misra
Exit Interview
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Keki Gharda: 'I Haven't Cooled Off'
After four decades of giving MNCs nightmares by copying and selling their products far cheaper, the elderly Keki Gharda now wants to sell his company and focus on research. Forbes India chats with the untiring entrepreneur
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Real Issue
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There is no such thing as perfect justice
But Amartya Sen believes there can be a reasoned agreement in a society on outcomes which are unjust
Breakpoint
What If
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Over the Counter, Over the Hill?
Bringing innovative derivative products on the exchange platform could lessen the impact of meltdowns
Outpost
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A Career Stop at the Land of Eternal Spring
For most Indian’s Guatemala hardly even registers on the radar. But Genpact’s Nitin Bhat finds the place alluring both for living and working
Rearview
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A Coming of Age
A fond look back at the car that forever changed the way India drove
Frequent Flier
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My Miami
Sanjay Kamlani, Co-CEO of legal outsourcing firm Pangea3, was born and raised in Miami, and visits every year
F-index
Appraisals
Work in Progress
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Two Unlikely Maharajas
They like to restore crumbling palaces. Now, all classes of travelers have a place to stay thanks to this misfit duo
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How This Man Grabs You by the Caller Tune
A wily and innovative company that came out of Infosys wants to turn every phone call into an advertising opportunity
Briefing
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For a Bigger Slice
Many Indian companies have tiny public shareholdings. Pranab Mukherjee plans to force promoters, including the government, to part with more
Boardroom
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The Siege of Africa
The newest frontier for global business. A fusion of tempting opportunity and formidable risk. A China-India battleground. Come, watch the potboiler called Africa.
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'We Are Sitting on the Tip of an Iceberg'
Anil Agarwal wants his group to produce 10 percent of the world’s metals, out of India
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Anil Agarwal's Big Bang Theory
Billionaire Anil Agarwal avoided aggressive expansion during the commodity boom. Now when rivals are licking their wounds, he begins his game
Nuggets
Big Bet
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Why Firstsource is Going Slim
This aggressive BPO with ICICI lineage is now applying the brakes
Ex-Libris
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Shailesh Rao: Team of Rivals & The Goal
Team of Rivals describes Lincoln’s presidency and his initiative to abolish slavery.
Resolution
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Let's Get Organised About It
Nine out of 10 workers in India have no social security. Providing them the benefits will only improve productivity and profits
Zen Garden
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Who is Afraid of the Dark Now?
SELCO’s Harish Hande has spent 14 years lighting up remote, forgotten villages, based on a business model revealed to him through real life experiences
Hindsight
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Goodbye, Gold Age
The yellow metal's rightful place is in jewelery, not monetary policy
Recliner
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The Best Sports Gear Money Can Buy
You know what they say about bad carpenters? Now, be a sport and make no such excuse. Get yourself the best tools for your favourite game
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Home Green Home
Green living isn't an expensive indulgence any more; it makes cold, hard economic sense
Column
Tip-Off
Style
Insnider
Numerix
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Nilekani's Ice-Breaker
To start his work, the boss of India's unique identity project doesn't need to look beyond his mobile phone and voter identity card
Greyscale
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One-trick pony or single-minded stud?
Bill Gates has said that Google's honeymoon is coming to an end. We test the hypothesis
Cross Border
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A New Battle for Ceylon
Amid the ruins of Sri Lanka's civil war lie gems of business opportunity for foreigners. But be prepared for a long, hard spell
