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Dealing with paid news in a democracy By Roopen Roy Jul 02 2013 An independent and free media constitutes a key element of a functioning democracy. Media consists not only of the print press or the television broadcast channels, but also includes social media. It is able to combine narrowcasting with broadcasting. It takes flight on the…
Outsourcing outsourcing India tries outsourcing its outsourcing By Anand Giridharadas Monday, September 24, 2007 MYSORE, India: From across India, thousands of recruits report to the Infosys Technologies campus here in India’s deep south. Amid the manicured lawns and modern buildings, they learn the finer points of software programming. But lately, packs of foreigners have…
Omkar on Satyam Published without comments Printed from Times of India TOP ARTICLE | A Wake-up Call 9 Jan 2009, 0010 hrs IST, Omkar Goswami For the last 48 hours, everything about an inappropriately named company called Satyam involves incredulity, indignation and schadenfreude. Incredulity by all: How could the promoter B Ramalinga Raju cook the…
Old article on IT voyage of West Bengal IT Voyage of West Bengal The IT voyage of West Bengal Roopen Roy (The author is the Managing Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd. He is also a member of the Executive Council of Nasscom. The views expressed in this article are personal). When PwC moved to Salt Lake…
Transformative innovations: timing the strokes Roopen Roy (Views expressed are personal) Innovations are constantly happening around us. Some innovations are taking place in scientific labs, others in businesses. Some innovations are incremental, others transform the industry. Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School (HBS) calls them disruptive. When radical innovations happen, some of the leaders in…
Of Birds, Frogs, Entrepreneurs and Bengal Roopen Roy(Views are personal) “The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax– Of cabbages–and kings– And why the sea is boiling hot– And whether pigs have wings.” Four birds are perched on tree. A hunter…
We should not be hypnotised by the myth of averages and tracking human development by looking at our GDP growth is like looking at a distorted mirror, says A SINGLE-minded focus on creation of shareholder wealth has engendered flawed governance and leadership in many businesses. Today, well-run and sustainable businesses measure their results with a…
Nobel Speech :Gabriel García Márquez 1982 Nobel Lecture English Nobel Lecture, 8 December, 1982 The Solitude of Latin America Antonio Pigafetta, a Florentine navigator who went with Magellan on the first voyage around the world, wrote, upon his passage through our southern lands of America, a strictly accurate account that nonetheless resembles a venture into…
Nobel lecture:Isaac Bashevis Singer Yiddish Isaac Bashevis Singer The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978 Nobel Lecture 8 December 1978 The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full sense of the word, not just a preacher of social or political ideals. There…
A note from Roopen Roy The Bengal Club has a new President July 21,2007 Dear Friends,colleagues and well-wishers, The month of July of 2007 has created a number of significant milestones in my life. I have joined Deloitte Consulting as the Managing Director with a role in their global executive. You will see a…