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By Roopen Roy An old man from a village in Medinipur in West Bengal came to visit his son in Kolkata. He was dazzled by the city lights, the metro rail, shopping malls, skyscrapers, gleaming cars and towering bridges on the river Hooghly. After his brief sojourn in the city, it was time for him…
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The Spirit of the Andes Roopen Roy After a three and a half hours’ journey through the winding Andean mountain roads , I was tired. The mountain sickness was showing signs of overpowering me. The dizzy headache was not meaning to go away. I had had several cups of hot tea made of coca…
Roopen Roy (Roopen Roy is the MD of Deloitte Consulting in India. Views expressed are personal. This is the edited version of the article which appeared in the Financial Chronicle) Here lies the great big hope By Roopen Roy Jun 08 2010 IN the second half of the 15th century, the Europeans were desperately looking for a…
The promise of Chindia Roopen Roy India is an emerging global power. It has announced a “Look East” policy. But is her sight still set only on the West? Is it a case of Looking London and Talking Tokyo? You cannot “Look East” without engaging with China. Among the so-called BRIC countries only China…
Mark Twain had once famously written, “ The report of my illness grew out of his (cousin’s) illness. The report of my death was an exaggeration.” Actually nothing had happened to Twain, he was not even ill, his cousin was. But Chinese whispers led to the belief that he was no more! With all the…
The perils of humans playing God By Roopen Roy Aug 28 2012 WORLD IN THEIR HANDS: Some human beings have always been either sceptical or violently opposed to mankind playing God. Genetically Modified food evokes extreme emotions. It is often dubbed as Frankenfood When I was a little child I watched a movie called The Bhairav Mantra….
Faster, higher, stronger: the rise of new Asian tiger cub Roopen Roy (Views are personal) Last week I was in Manila on behalf of the Indian Chamber of Commerce to attend an event supported by the Government of India and the Government of the Philippines. The event was aimed at increasing business,…
The monster with multiple heads By Roopen Roy Jan 10 2012 We have spent much of 2011 trying to install an omnipotent Ombudsperson. We did not succeed. Shall we spend some time now in analysing and understanding how corruption festers? The supply and demand chain of corruption has at least three major components: the giver, the taker…
Migration: the magic for doubling global income? Roopen Roy (Views are personal) Movement of ideas and people has promoted economic progress and enriched human civilization. When one looks back in history, massive infrastructure projects, vast plantations and huge manufacturing facilities were built by the sweat, blood and toil of forced, indentured and migrant labor….