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What Indian sports need is a Modi, not Aiyar or Kalmadi

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 13:00 by Bala Murali Krishna
Mani Shankar Aiyar is, by all accounts, a learned man with a heart in the right place. And Suresh Kalmadi, by all accounts, is a clever sports administrator with an uncanny instinct for fame and money. As the two slug it out over the Commonwealth Games, what is clear is that Indian sports needs neit... [More]

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A country of old lecherous men!

Friday, 23 July 2010 12:41 by Bala Murali Krishna
If we don’t see a pattern, and don’t see a systemic problem, and don’t find a fix, God help our girls. About a month ago, the head of a residential school in Kodaikanal was arrested on charges of sexually harassing a girl student. Apparently, he housed several girl students in h... [More]

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Time to say ‘Safety First’

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 12:20 by Bala Murali Krishna
Twenty-four hours after the deadly train accident in West Bengal, human error appears to be the most plausible reason for the tragedy. M C Dey, the driver of Uttar Banga Express, may have simply erred in speeding past a red light and then failing to see the parked Vananchal Express early Monday morn... [More]

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Petrol price decontrol? Or petrol price fixing?

Thursday, 15 July 2010 16:55 by Bala Murali Krishna
Executives of three top companies that, together, hold monopoly control over the market meet with a government official and then emerge to announce they will set a common price. Is that price fixing or what? I am referring to the meeting this morning of executives from India’s leading pub... [More]

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The fall and fall of Karnataka

Wednesday, 14 July 2010 17:07 by Bala Murali Krishna
If you have been following the political drama unfolding in Karnataka, you might recognize the state regime for what it is – government of the corrupt, by the corrupt and for the corrupt. It would be hard to make a case that the government is for the people of the state. Chief Minister B S ... [More]

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One in 50 Indians might be a crorepati!

Thursday, 24 June 2010 14:31 by Bala Murali Krishna
Just how many crorepatis does India have? With our vast reservoir of black money, and absurd income tax or wealth tax filings, or, for that matter, mandatory declarations by lawmakers, nobody quite knows. But imprecise calculations point at some answers. My basis for this is the World Wealth ... [More]

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Mukesh Ambani far from being conciliatory

Friday, 18 June 2010 14:13 by Bala Murali Krishna
In my last posting on the Ambani brothers, I am glad I put that question mark at the end of the headline: Growing Ambani bonhomie? Today’s annual general meeting of the Reliance Industries Limited shareholders, not to mention unfolding events over the past week, reiterate what I termed as foll... [More]

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Let’s not turn Bhopal gas tragedy into a farce

Thursday, 10 June 2010 19:22 by Bala Murali Krishna
The turn of events after the criminal court’s verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case is a farce of a kind we alone are uniquely capable of enacting as a nation. It reinforces our belief that politicians are uncaring leaders with a great talent to escape responsibility and action, and reveals o... [More]

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Growing Ambani bonhomie?

Wednesday, 2 June 2010 13:31 by Bala Murali Krishna
Almost everybody’s called wrong in the Ambani dispute, especially after the Supreme Court verdict. Most didn’t think a new round of negotiations over gas pricing would result in anything meaningful, and fewer still even considered a return to good old times. Both now appear plausible. ... [More]

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3G: High expectations

Saturday, 22 May 2010 01:49 by Bala Murali Krishna
The 3G spectrum auction is finally over. While the government will laugh all the way to the bank after netting over Rs. 67,000 crore (nearly $15 billion), double the anticipated revenue, the jury is out on whether or not the bruising bidding war will break the back of the telecom companies. The... [More]

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