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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….
Left to right: Woody Brittain, yours truly and Jim Schiro outside Oberoi Grand, Calcutta A Movable Feast About this column: Ernest Hemingway wrote a memoir about his life as a struggling writer in Paris. The notebook containing the memoirs was published as a book by his wife after his death. The title “A Movable…
19. MACAULAY’S MINUTE ON EDUCATION, 2ND FEBRUARY, 1835 19. 1. LEGISLATIVE ACT NECESSARY TO CHANGE CURRENT PRACTICE? MACAULAY’S MINUTE As it seems to be the opinion of some of the gentlemen who compose the Committee of Public Instruction, that the course which they have hitherto pursued was strictly prescribed by the British Parliament in 1813,…
The leadership thing Roopen Roy The Book of Exodus is the second book of the Jewish Torah and the Christian Bible. It describes how Moses leads the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt to freedom in the promised land. The most dramatic scene, immortalized by Charlton Heston as Moses in the motion picture The Ten Commandments, is…
The bull’s eye in banking reforms By Roopen Roy Jan 20 2015 There is plenty of good news about the Indian economy. Inflation has moderated. The slide of the rupee against the dollar has been arrested. Oil prices have tumbled. The stock market is at an all-time high. GDP growth is slowly picking up. But amidst all…
Hydrogen society is no longer sci-fi By Roopen Roy Feb 03 2015 Japan is betting big time on hydrogen society. What is it? Simply put, it is a society where hydrogen becomes a driving force of clean and efficient energy. When hydrogen and oxygen are combined to react together, the chemical process produces water along with electric…