Coming Out of the Closet – Who is B Shantanu?
*** CAUTION: LONG POST *** My name is Shantanu Bhagwat. Some of you who are reading this know me…Most of you do not. I am was* a partner in a venture capital firm in...
Category: Politics and Governance in India
“The Godfather of Bangalore” – Excerpts
This is a dark story* in many ways befitting tonight’s “Amavasya” (eve before the new moon). It comes from Bengaluru which – one believed – had managed to raise itself from the mire of corruption, crime and dirty...
What’s stopping you from joining active politics? – II
*** UPDATE *** You can still participate in the poll by clicking on clicking on this link. Thanks *** A few weeks ago, I requested you to take part in a poll on “What...
Building the Indian Mind – Brick by Brick
I received this email yesterday and could not stop before reading it right through to the end…It is a long read…quite a long read, in fact.  And it is seriously thought-provoking. Below, excerpts from a speech delivered by...
Where are these missing 30,000?
Courtesy Lokmanch*, the popular Hindi blog, I picked up this worrying bit of information: Between Jan – Jul 2008, almost 30% of Pakistani citizens who travelled to India did not go back after the expiry of...
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