Of Islamic VC Funds and Christian Chambers of Commerce
Hidden among the news of last few days was an innocuous and brief report which I am certain most of you missed. It talked about an “Excellence Award†for 2012 that was bestowed upon...
Category: Development Related
How can the government help me? Challenging the “mai-baap sarkaar”
Over the last few days, I have had the extraordinary opportunity to address literally hundreds of students and youngsters at workshops across the country on entrepreneurship. Can you guess the one common refrain that...
The coming Jobs War & and my own tiny effort: introducing Illuminate!
A few days back, I stumbled on this NYT Op-Ed by Charles Blow in which he talked about “The Coming Jobs War” – the new book by Gallup Chairman, Jim Clifton.  Mr Blow wrote (emphasis...
Might this be the real cause of Muslim “backwardness”?
The question was prompted by these excerpts fom Salil Tripathi‘s “An excuse called Rushdie” (emphasis added): Only one out of every six Muslim children entering an Indian school stays till his matriculation. I use...
Of Subsidies, Food Security and the Dynasty
Late one evening last week, I was asked by a well-meaning friend why did I hate the idea of “Food Security Bill” so much? Surely no one can reasonably object to making sure every...
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