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The journey of transformation from an under-developed country to a developed one is not an easy one. It is not a voyage aboard a luxury cruise ship. We must make tough choices. To begin with, we must stop blaming our democracy for all our woes -specially, the widening disparity between Bharat and India. In a…
প্রশান্তদা উবাচ পবন কুক্কুটরা ঘুরে দাঁড়াচ্ছেন নেব্রাস্কার করোনা অবস্থা বেশ করুণ ! তাই বাধ্য হয়ে প্রশান্তদাকে স্কাইপে ধরলাম ! প্রশান্তদা বললেন : বেরোচ্ছিলাম, ব্যাটা ট্রাম্পের গুষ্টির তুষ্টি করবো এই নির্বাচনে ! আমি বললাম -সেই দিন অবধি ট্রাম্পের সমালোচনা মুখে আনতে না, এখন তার সপিন্ডকরণ করছো ? উনি বললেন : বুঝলি হাওয়া ঘুরে গেছে , করোনার…
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,…