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Speech Delivered at AIMS Annual Convention 2007:Back to the future Association of Indian Management Schools Annual Convention hosted by IIM,Calcutta:August 24,2007 Back to the Future : the re-emergence of India There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their…
Why start-ups bloom or they don’t Roopen Roy (The author is the Founder and CEO of Sumantrana a strategic advisory firm) In his book “Letters from Russia”, Rabindranath Tagore had famously said, that those who say I will write an epic if I receive a pen of gold are focused on acquiring the gold pen,…
Social networking in organisations By Roopen Roy Nov 15 2011 Jack Welch had once famously said, “When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight.” One of the changes outside that has assumed frenetic pace is the way we communicate, team and collaborate. There is a proliferation of…
Should India launch a Sovereign Wealth Fund? Mind India needs a sovereign wealth fund May 26 2009 2238 hrs IST AFP It is about time India begins playing the game. I believe India should start a modest SWF with an initial corpus of $10 billion, which should be owned by the government and…
Why do we shoot, load and then aim? By Roopen Roy Dec 16 2014 There is a joke about what Indians would do in a crisis. A plane “crashes” on a desert island. There are two citizens of each country on board. Fortunately, all passengers survive and there are no serious injuries. The British are silent. They…
Satanic prose or a Passage to England Its a long way from Liluah to Liverpool The whodunit has been written by a partner of a Big 4 accounting firm who lived in Liluah -now lives in Wales but works in London-a fascinating story of Anglo-Indians in India in by-gone days-reminds one of 36 Chowringhee Lane….
Ride the wave of change Ride the wave of change in US President Obama has swiftly named an economic team and taken some bold actions. His team has forged ahead with the stimulus packages, which will eventually result in a rebound of the US consumer market By Roopen Roy The US presidential election spurred an …
President Obama’s tax proposals The Obama tax proposals: no cause for India to panic Roopen Roy “On campaign I used to talk about the outrage of a building in the Cayman Islands that had over 12000 business-businesses claim this building as their headquarters. And I’ve said before, either this is the largest building…
প্রশান্তদা উবাচ : কারাকাসে নাভিশ্বাস “হ্যালো হ্যালো প্রশান্তদা , আপনি কোথায় , চিহুয়াহুয়া না কার্তাহেনা ?” “দাঁড়া শোনা যাচ্ছে না একদম, এখানকার নেটওয়ার্কের সঙ্গিন অবস্থা , তোকে স্যাটেলাইট ফোন থেকে কল করছি !” একটু বাদে প্রশান্তদার ফোন , অল্প প্রতিধ্বনি হচ্ছে , ” কি রে কেমন আছিস তুই , আমি কারাকাস থেকে বলছি !” “কোন…
দানাপুর প্যাসেঞ্জের এবং প্রশান্তদা প্রশান্তদা হই হৈ করে ফোন করলেন ,” কি রে তোদের জন্য তো আমেরিকায় মুখ দেখাতে পারছি না , ছৌ ছৌ ছৌ ! ছৌয়া ছৌয়া !” “কেন কি হলো?’ “তোরা একটা চলচ্চিত্র বানিয়েছিস : টয়লেট— আ লাভ স্টোরি ! সেই সিনেমার পোস্টারের নিচে একজন ভারতীয় রাস্তায় হিসি করছে ! ছি ছি !”…