Archive
EDITION: 23 August, 2013
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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups
A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India
Column
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India Needs to Move Towards Greater Freedom
India is getting ready for the next freedom struggles, the next million mutinies
Special
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Himanshu: There's a New-found Dynamism in Rural Areas
But the real challenge is to channel this dynamism to the mainstream of the economy
Check-in
Boardroom
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How Etihad will Digest Jet
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad has a unique airline-cum-airport strategy that is likely to change the way Jet operates. It promises to be an interesting partnership
Briefing
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The Correlation between Money and Happiness
Does a higher income make people happier? The jury is still out on this
Recliner
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Freedom of Expression: Indians are Becoming Increasingly Intolerant
Instead of nurturing the spirit of debate, we have become aggressive, bigoted and abusive
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Freedom to be a Child: Why A Happy and Carefree Childhood Is Important
From park swings to medical seats, the competition to outsmart others and squeeze through the system starts early
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Freedom to Love: India Will Also Warm Up To Homosexuality
India might find it easier to tolerate same-sex marriage because at least it’s marriage
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Freedom from Gender: Imagining Equality for Men and Women in India
Laws in India straitjacket men and women into strict gender roles
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Freedom from Ageism: Age no Bar is a Myth in India
If the image of youth has changed rapidly in the recent past, then why hasn’t the image of our seniors?
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Freedom from Religion: Why 'No Religion' Should be a Category
There’s a small but growing community of those who shun religion
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Freedom to Adopt: How Every Child Fills Our Lives
Adoption is merely normal, ordinary yet special, much like birth is ordinary yet special
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Freedom from Monitoring: India Inc Should Push For Privacy Laws
More surveillance than absolutely necessary actually undermines the security objective
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Freedom to Drink: Why Alcohol Should Not be Prohibited
The government’s stance on alcohol shows how we are quickly losing our civil liberties
Independence Special 2013
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Keki Mistry: How to Rescue the Government-Business Equation
Business needs an enabling environment from government. But the relationship between government and business has fallen to a new low. This needs fixing
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Swati Piramal: How to Make India a World Leader in Low-Cost Health Care
Bad regulations and price control are stifling pharma, but innovation in health care is blossoming with government support
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Jayaprakash Narayan: Fixing Governance with Reforms and Economic Freedom
Comprehensive legal and police reforms and a financially empowered local government have to be part of the solution
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Wilfried Aulbur: India has its Own Silver Linings Playbook
But the last two years have made it clear that we cannot go to sleep and still expect high growth
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Pratap Bhanu Mehta: When Business Bats Against Itself
Indian capitalism is the single biggest obstacle to further economic reform. It still inhabits a world of deals rather than rules
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Yogendra Yadav: India is a State-Nation, Not a Nation-State
India has created a new model to democratically deal with deep diversities. It accepts that political boundaries do not and need not coincide with cultural boundaries
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Bimal Patel: We Have to Free Our Cities from the State's Clutches
The country’s creaking infrastructure has been unable to support its cities’ rapid growth. Local governments should be granted autonomy to increase productivity
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Bibek Debroy: Between the 'Illfare' State and the Deep Sea
Great damage was done by changing the Preamble in our Constitution to make India ‘socialist’. What we have as a result is not a welfare state, but an ‘illfare’ one
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India can't be a Jugaad Economy Forever
India has to implement key reforms in at least three areas—energy, land and labour—to get its economy back on track. It also needs to expand the ambit of economic and political freedom
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Surjit Bhalla: Why Ending Doles Will Help The Poor
The government’s fixation on bad subsidies is supporting corruption, not the poor
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Manish Sabharwal: Why the God of Jobs Doesn't Smile on India
There is a dire need for policy and politics to combine to build a serious narrative around non-farm formal job creation
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Ajay Shah: The State Should Enter the Picture Only When Markets Fail
A key pillar of a sound state is accountability. Alongside precise objectives and precise powers, we need layer upon layer of accountability mechanisms
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Dileep Ranjekar: Our Biggest Challenge is to Improve Teaching competence
While we have taken the school to children in over 99 percent of our villages, the quality and equity of education has remained elusive
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Akhil Gupta: Let the Sun Free India from a CAD Crisis
Investment in solar power can lead to a significant improvement in the balance of payments by reducing energy imports as well as, eventually, driving down power tariffs for end-users
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The Lost Heroes of Economic Freedom
Forbes India pays tribute to the courageous intellectuals who spoke out against the disastrous path of socialism in the Nehruvian years
Thoughts
World Watch
Big Bet
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ZopNow Takes a Crack at Online Grocery
Few companies have managed to crack the online grocery challenge—a hyperlocal business. Can Bangalore’s Zopnow break the jinx?
Cross Border
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USA Colleges at Risk
Parents and students spend vast amounts of time and money trying to find a school that is the right fit academically and socially. They’d be wise to pay more attention to colleges’ financial health
Real Issue
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Building Global Brands from Emerging Economies
Companies in emerging markets may not need to build brands. But, if they do, China can show how. It is far ahead of the game than India
