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What's so wrong about Wall Street desi boys club?

When everyone else does it, it's called networking. In the Rajaratnam case, they're calling it 'ethnic clubbing'

Sorrell on growth, India, consumer sentiment and talent

WPP chairman Martin Sorrell sees a good future for India, with Indian professionals in demand as Indian brands go global - and as the balance of power in advertising shifts to India, China, Brazil.

What do NRIs want? Let's start with a diamond ring

Everyone, from the Indian government to the American one, wants to engage with NRIs. But that's just a polite way of wanting their money. Too bad, says Fulbright scholar Minal Hajratwala. They are missing out on the real goodies.

Puttaparthi cancelled? Sai Baba's death tests a town's faith

The Sai Baba transformed the small village of Puttaparthi into a bustling town. Puttaparthi is anxiously waiting to see if the crowds will return now that its crowd-puller-in-chief is gone.

The house that Ambani built... but refuses to call home

When Mukesh Ambani built his 27-storey mansion in Mumbai, critics carped about how he could live in such brazen splendour surrounded by so much poverty. Well, it turns out that a year after his grand housewarming party the tycoon doesn't actually live in Antilia. He just serves canapes there.

Why IIT? The whole education system is Jurassic in its content

The debate over the value of an IIT education set off by Narayana Murthy needs to be widened. Our entire educatin system is Jurassic and needs overhaul if it is to meet the challenges of the future.

Media's internal warfare: Times vs Times Now

Competition raised its ugly head on Tuesday when ToI attacked television news. The question is, how does ToI fight against all of TV news without besmirching Times Now?

Steve Jobs: From rebel icon to merchant of cool

Both Steve Jobs and Apple have travelled a great distance from their origins as icons of righteous capitalism. They both now have been reduced to symbols of consumerist cool, much like their iPad.

London Riots: BlackBerry boys and BlackBerry yobs

When Ogilvy created the Blackberry on Vodafone television commercial, they would never have imagined how prescient they were.The commercial was created to say that the Blackberry was for everybody.

There's a bit of innovation in every Indian's life

While Indians are the most inquisitive lot, it will take some time before India plays a leadership role in innovation.

Sunil Gavaskar: Cricket's original brand icon

The path to the lucrative cash-endorsements enjoyed by later cricket greats, from Kapil Dev to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was paved by a man who peaked five years too early.

Is corrupt Delhi about to decline? Check Calcutta '71.

In Delhi today you see carpetbaggers who have no particular attachment to anything, except the principle of making money at any cost. The rising stench of corruption and fall in public ethical standards is a pointer to future decline.

Arindam Chaudhuri sues Caravan, Penguin and Google for Rs 50 crore

IIPM and its celebrity director have filed a defamation lawsuit spurred by the publication of an excerpt from an upcoming book that takes a critical look at their business practices.

The GVK Reddy Wedding: Partying like it's 1985

The Reddy extravaganza is a jolting reminder of how many of our wealthiest business families remain tightly wedded to the past, thumbing their nose at over two decades of social change.

How to spot the school of lazy advertising

Ever wondered why there are so many Beat the Heat ads? Or cute "talking" babies? That's because advertising, like physics and chemistry, has its own formulae.

Memo to CEOs: spend more time with your employees

A pioneering new study of how CEOs allocate their time yields some surprising results.

It's not the IITs, but the IIMs that need re-invention

Neither the IITs nor the IIMs were set up to do research or develop intellectual property. But while the IITs still deliver high quality engineers, it is not so clear that the IIMs are delivering great managers

'Big Data' : Analyse this

Mckinsey Global Institute, a think tank of the consulting firm Mckinsey, estimates in a new report, that Big Data can play a significant economic role to the benefit of not only private commerce but also of national economies and their citizens.

Billionaire Vinod Khosla to donate half his fortune

The donation comes immediately after the Khoslas joined The Giving Pledge, a programme that encourages the planet's richest to help their fellow beings in need

Domestic terminal at Hyderabad airport named after TDP founder NTR

The Union Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday issued an order naming the domestic terminal at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad, after NT Rama Rao, the founder of the Telugu Desam Party, the ruling party of Andhra Pradesh.

Chhattisgarh tragedy lesson: More than women, it's the men who ought to be sterilised

More women opt for sterilisation as a form of permanent birth control technique than men, even though the operations are simpler in the case of men.

Want to pocket $10,000 in US? Deliver court summons to PM Modi, says NGO

The civil rights body behind a lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots case has offered a reward of $ 10,000 to anyone who could serve him the court summons.

DGCA tells airlines to track flights in real-time

It also laid down guidelines for operators to devise a procedure for effective tracking of aircraft while flying over areas where there is no coverage of either ACARS or ADS-B.

Benami flats in Adarsh were bought under SC/ST quotas: CBI

Abhay and Anand Sancheti, who hold nine benami flats, were roped in by Thakur who assured them about membership, and subsequently Sanchetis paid Rs three crore to the Adarsh Society.

SC ruling on 377: The real problem is modern intolerance

Mediaeval India was actually more liberal than us. It is our so-called narrow modernity that makes us intolerant

Justice Agrawal new chairman of gas victims rehab committee

Madhya Pradesh High Court today appointed former judge, Justice V K Agrawal, as the chairman of the five-member committee constituted on the directive of the Supreme Court for rehabilitation of Bhopal gas tragedy victims.

Truth does not belong to the one who shouts the loudest

It is only when we stop desperately trying to prove a point that reason prevails. It is only when people stop trying to save India that India will be able to breathe.

Modi rally: Kanpur's all set with astrology, vaastu and 100-feet long stage

A vaastu compliant stage that is 100-feet long, astrologers propitiating the gods and invitations sent through social networking sites - the BJP has pulled out all stops to make its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's maiden rally in Uttar Pradesh at Kanpur Oct 19 a success.

Mumbai Metro-3: Japan extends Rs 4553 cr for construction

The stage is set for constructing the 33.5-km long, fully underground Mumbai Metro-3 line with Japanese finance - the first instalment which is to the tune of 71,000 million yen (Rs.4,553 crore), an official said here.

Why the Right is not loved in India; is it a lost cause?

Despite 9 years of poor governance by the UPA, the Indian Right is not exactly rising electorally. The issue is not that the Left is so powerful but that the Right is not loved.