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EDITION: 04 June, 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
Special
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Only the Relevant Survive
The host of The Forbes India Show looks back on a year of being relevant
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The Year that Was: Vijay Mallya’s Double Life
Beneath the cheerful opulence is a seasoned warrior battling to save his debt-ridden empire
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The Year that Was: 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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The Year that Was: State of Unrest
Tribals in the state want to fence their mineral-rich earth from invading metal companies. Both sides need an open mind if this stalemate is to be broken
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The Year that Was: What Will Infy Do After They Are Gone?
The rock stars of Infosys are getting ready to leave the stage to a new band of boys. Will Infosys be the same ever again?
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The Year that Was: The One-Man Show
Larsen & Toubro gained from having a charismatic, all-powerful leader. It was also left with a management void in the end
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The Year that Was: In Business There Are No Foes, Only Friends
Sunil Mittal, chairman and CEO of Bharti Group, speaks about the deal with MTN, the challenges of a cross-border merger and life after Bharti
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The Finest Quotes from the Year Gone By
What some of our interviewees said, and we liked the most
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The Year That Was: Mr.Steel's Moment of Truth
The iconic success story of Lakshmi Mittal has entered a nightmarish chapter. For a happy end, he must defeat the goblins of debt, vanishing demand and mills that are gluttons for cash
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The Best Covers of Forbes India in its First Year
A magazine's distinctiveness starts on the newsstand. It must make a statement, not just about its contents, but about the magazine itself. Here, from the last 25 issues, are the Forbes India covers we think performed the best of all
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The Year that Was: Rajiv Bajaj, The Comeback Kid
Bajaj Auto was down in the dumps for over a year. But after much soul-searching, Rajiv Bajaj tried a whole new strategy to take on Hero Honda. And that's now beginning to pay off
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The Year that Was: More Bank for its Buck
Under its new chief Vishakha Mulye, ICICI Venture, India's largest private equity firm, is learning to strike a balance between building an entrepreneurial culture and also tapping ICICI Bank's vast relationship network
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The year that Was: Vikram Akula's Moment of Reckoning
SKS Microfinance is caught between the need for profitable growth and its social imperative to serve the poor. Its choices in the coming months will show which way it goes
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The Year that Was: R.K.Pachauri's Himalayan Blunder
An account of how a retired geologist took apart the alarmist climate claims of a Nobel Prize winning organisation
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The Year that Was: The Broken Paddle
Flamboyance and grandeur marked out Neville Tuli as India's best-known art messiah. Today the collapse of his fund has revealed he got it all wrong
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The Year that Was: How Not To Go Global
Its slapdash manner has come back to haunt India's largest wind energy company. It is a tale of caution for those expanding abroad
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The Year that Was: Call of the Nation
Inducting businessmen into governance is an experiment that has gone awry twice in the past. But that hasn't deterred Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
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The Year that Was: Why They Won't Come to Teach You From Harvard
And you thought allowing foreign universities into India will bridge the yawning gap in higher education? Think again
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The Year that Was: What's Holding Back the Hand that Feeds?
Sonia Gandhi wants to make sure that no one goes hungry in the country. But many in the government don't seem to have an appetite for the plan
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The Year that Was: The Blackstone Hypothesis
The world's largest private equity firm took two contrarian bets in India nearly two years ago. Making them work will be quite a challenge
Ideas to Change the World
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Soli Sorabjee: Freedom from Intolerance
The right to dissent and tolerance are the bedrock of a democratic society. Unfortunately, they cannot be legislated
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Raghav Bahl: 2050, An Economic Odyssey
India and China, with a combined population of 3 billion people, will reclaim their positions as economic giants in this century
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Tony Fernandes: One World, One Currency
The real economy suffers when speculators go berserk. One way to eliminate speculation in the financial markets is to have a common currency for all the world
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Deepak Parekh: Easier Said, Hardly Done
Numerous committees have come and gone but financial sector reforms largely remain on paper. The government needs to act now
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Tarun Khanna: The Business of Inclusion
Bringing the part of India that is ignored to the mainstream is the right thing to do. With a bit of innovation, it can be profitable too
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Bjorn Lomborg: Get Real, Make Green Energy Cheaper
Cutting carbon emissions is not the right solution, we must seriously ramp up our commitment to green-energy development
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Ravi Narain: Capital Advantage
India has begun its journey towards economic transformation. Financial markets driven by technology are the answer to its challenges
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Thomas Davenport: Disengage From the Information Stream
The world needs to take a breather from the relentless inflow of information, and consume it more deliberately. That’s the key to better decisions
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Abhijit Banerjee: Measured Success versus Failed Miracles
It pays to research ideas thoroughly and experiment in different environments before extrapolating social welfare schemes to a widespread audience
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Dan Ariely: The Truth About Cheating
By controlling situations that create conflicts of interest, we can combat frauds and scandals better
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David Livingstone Smith: Inside the Mind that Kills
We have seen even ordinary people committing horrific violence by thinking of victims as less than human. We can’t ignore dehumanisation any more
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Alain de Botton: A Religion for Atheists
It is not just god that defines religion. There are so many fabrics in it that have held societies together for ages and given man his peace. What’s more, it can even be tweaked to suit the modern, secular world
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Milton Glaser: Make a Distinction between What is Art and What is Not Art
In design, as in life, it always pays to abandon preconceptions
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Mriganka Sur: A New Look into the Brain
Brain diseases are often sources of shame for people who have them. Understanding that such diseases are bodily afflictions is key to finding a better cure
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Jimmy Wales: Browsing Beyond English
Internet is evolving to include more languages and cultures. Meanwhile the rise of English as the world’s second language is only speeding up
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Padmasree Warrior: The Next Internet
A media-rich experience and real-time collaboration delivered over a secure network — that’s what the Internet of the next decade will be
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Bianca Jagger: Since we can’t buy our planet back...
Environmental damage is emerging as the biggest threat to the survival of our planet. Companies that put people and the environment at risk, must be punished for their crimes
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Dr. Abhay Bang: Research with the People
You won’t find solutions to rural India’s health issues in modern facilities that are far removed. Effective strategies will emerge only when you work with the people
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Arun Maira: Breaking Free From The Laws of Machines
Nature works as a complex web of billions of independent parts that work across permeable boundaries towards a common goal. The future organisation will have to do the same
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Muhammad Yunus: The Missing Link in Capitalism
Human beings are driven by more than a desire to just make money. Self-sustaining social enterprises should be built around this aspiration
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Jockin Arputham: Building Dignity Brick by Brick
The power to fix their problems lies in the hands of slum dwellers themselves. They need not look to the government or anyone else
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Yasheng Huang: Gross Democratic Product
In India, and even in China, growth has proven to be compatible with individual liberty
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Anand Mahindra: A New Code of Conduct
The zero-sum game is no longer valid in the world of business. Companies must learn to collaborate with all the stakeholders in the society and earn returns through the trust they build with them
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George Schaller: Everyone's Environment
Conservation is not just the job of biologists and officials, nor is it a goal. Rather, it’s a never-ending process in which all of us must take part
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The Finest Minds of the Planet Speak
On the Ideas they promise will change the India and the World
Recliner
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Long Live Social(media)ism!
As the Web gets more social, what’s your favourite business magazine doing to win fans and followers?
Magazine Extra
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Column
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Big Ideas for a Better Future
Letter from the Editor: Incremental thinking seldom brings new solutions. We have a natural bias towards Big Ideas that have impact. And that has meant creating a fertile ground where magazine journalism can thrive
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Sanjoy Bhattacharyya: While Investing in Markets, Watch the Grass Grow
Punts on hot tips are suicidal, and it is wise to be prepared for the unexpected
Health
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Dr.Vikram Sheel Kumar: What Keeps Us Going
Glimpses of the year ahead and a look at the things that make practicing medicine worthwhile
Zen Garden
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Subroto Bagchi: In Search of the Zen Moment
The writer of the popular Zen Garden on the process behind the moments of enlightenment
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