Karuturi-the king of Roses!

Ramakrishna Karuturi, a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, has gone global. Had he launched another IT (Information Technology) company, it wouldn’t be all that big a deal. The very fact that Karuturi launched a floriculture firm and then decided to take it [...]

Was The Bombay Plan ill conceived?

Probably! First of all, how many people in India are aware of ‘The Bombay Plan’? It was published in January 1944 and was the brain-child of JRD Tata (Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata). The presumption was that the Indian economy could not grow without government intervention and regulation. The Bombay Plan had the underlying assumption that [...]

Michelle Bernard is black, and not much else.

President of the Independent Woman’s Forum, called for the first woman front runner in the Democratic Primaries to drop-out with grace. On May 19, 2008 she said to Chris Matthews on ‘Hardball’ “there will be riots in the streets if Obama is not the nominee”. Michelle Bernard is an attorney by training. With this kind [...]

What is wrong with Rahul Gandhi?

The 38 year old Rahul Gandhi (born on June 19, 1970), President of the Indian National Congress, is the son of Sonia Gandhi and the former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi (Aug 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991). He was only eighteen when his grandmother, Indira Gandhi (Nov 19, 1917 – Oct 31, 1984) [...]

Thackerays-the Muhajirs of Mumbai!

Some nerve this family has! The Thackerays are migrants to Bombay like everyone else. Hari Narke, professor and Mahatma Phule Chair at Pune University has written a strong worded article on the subject. This metropolis was not created by Marathis or any other local denomination. Bombay is the legacy of the British, whether you like [...]

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