Author: B Shantanu

Communal Reservations via the back door?

How many of you noticed this piece of “news” from about 2 months ago (emphasis added)? The Centre is proposing to introduce reservation for Muslims in educational institutions and employment on the lines of...

On “distant” Assam and “mainland” India

I doubt many of you noticed two innocuous words in a tribute to Bhupen Hazarika in Firstpost earlier this week. The words (highlighted below) were “distant” and “mainland“. The “distant” was a reference to...

Becoming “lukewarm” about Global Warming

Thanks to my friend and FTI colleague Sanjeev Sabhlok for this excerpt. It comes from a speech by Matt Radley that Sanjeev has posted in full (emphasis added). …. Now before you all rush for...

The Great Joke that is Indian Media – Part XVII

In which a “leading” media organisation drops all pretence of unbiased reporting… Courtesy Jnsbmi, here is a ToI story (emphasis added). Notice the headline and the tweet in which it was mentioned: Gujarat accounts...

On Politics, Governance and Entrepreneurship..

Here is the set of slides that formed the backdrop of my talk on Politics, Governance and Entrepreneurship at IIM Indore last month… *** Politics, Governance & Enterpreneurship View more presentations from B Shantanu...