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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

The Digital Vote Bazaar

Winning margins are often less than 5 percent. It is this last 5 percent that social media can possibly deliver in as many as 160 Lok Sabha constituencies

Saving BlackBerry: CEO John Chen Says How

CEO believes an obsessive focus and a great team are crucial for a turnaround

Investors Often Play the Odds to Feel Good

Investors often pursue decisions that they expect will make them feel the best

Increasing Mistrust Over Control of Financial Institutions

There is increasing concern in emerging markets about having to take on the risk of large losses to preserve the unsustainable monetary and regulatory arrangements of developed nations

US First Lady in China

Modi Victory Won't Restart Investment Cycle: Credit Suisse

We Try and Focus on Being Locally Relevant: Sheraton

Sheraton's global brand leader Hoyt H Harper II talks to Forbes India about the company's focus in India

A First: Indian Elections, Live On BBC

Netted: Tax-Evading Soccer Teams

Kajaria Ceramics Continues to Grow

Expansion Takes a While in India: Cinepolis CEO

Global CEO of Cinepolis Alejandro Ramirez tells Forbes India that he's going to stay invested in India long-term despite the slow pace of business

Quotes on Elections

The Brewing of Sierra Nevada

Decades before the boutique beer boom Ken Grossman tasted opportunity. Sierra Nevada is now a juggernaut—and he might be worth $800 million

Inside Endgame: Second Act for the Blackwater of Hacking

Endgame wants to rewrite its reputation as a cyberwar arms dealer—without apologies

Medidata Solutions: Using Software to Make Better Drugs

Medidata Solutions believes software can revolutionise the way Big Pharma develops new medicines. It has Oracle in its sights

Michael Steinhardt, Wall Street's Greatest Trader, Returns

Michael Steinhardt forged the model for making hedge fund billions before exiting the game. With WisdomTree, he's back to upend Wall Street again—this time, with the little-guy investor at his side

iCracked: The World's Repairman for iPads and iPhones?

Break your iPhone? Good news for AJ Forsythe, who is scaling the repairman model

Cleveland's Invention Machine

John Nottingham and John Spirk are the most successful inventors you've never heard of, with a can't-lose business model that would make Edison blush

Book Review: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big

Scott Adams's take on how failure is a stepping stone to success

The Collateral Benefits of India's Open Source Drug Discovery Programme

India's Open Source Drug Discovery programme is struggling for lack of expertise and a research ecosystem. However, the programme's real contribution may be the creation of just such an ecosystem

How Jyothy Laboratories Silenced Sceptics

The homegrown consumer goods company has beaten the odds and transformed to turn around the Henkel India business

What Did Our Ancestors Eat? Digging For Clues

What was on the menu at Indus Valley? The fascinating story of how archaeologist Arunima Kashyap decoded India's first foods

Quirky & Classy

A pick of the best, the latest, the greenest, the quirkiest, the most luxurious... that money can buy

The Trouble with Organised Retailing in India

Harvard Business School's Professor Rajiv Lal questions the belief that foreign retailers have a greater likelihood of success than Indian ones

e-Lections 2014: How Political Parties Turned Tech-Savvy

In varying degrees—of intensity and success—political parties have embraced technology to spread the V-word. Forbes India goes behind the scenes

Social Media: Limited, but 'Liked' in Indian Elections

Limited internet penetration means social media activity may not quite define the Indian elections. But the value of 'likes', tweets and 'shares' is far from lost on political leaders

Elections: Spawning Business Opportunities

The Great Indian Election Roadshow has spawned a bustling marketplace for ideas and commerce

Vote for... Start-ups!

A quick introduction to some online enterprises that are leveraging the opportunties that an election can bring

Case Study: The Dynamics of Mumbai South

Will the digital efforts of the candidates bring an indifferent electorate to the poll booths this time?

How Maveric Systems Stuck it Out with Software Testing

In the independent software testing market, IT services biggies established their dominance with their scale. Now, Maveric, the last remaining pureplay testing company, is using a different card. Will it work?

Swasthya Slate: Scripting New-Age Diagnostics

Swasthya Slate, a portable device, conducts tests and displays results for cheap within seconds

Spirits Manufacturer Kyndal India's Global Aspirations

Kyndal India's Siddharth Banerji has made a smooth transition from distributing to manufacturing spirit brands. His next goal is to create a global Indian brand. That isn't going to happen overnight

Srinivas seen as top contender for Infy CEO

The Bangalore-based IT firm on Friday announced that its nominations committee has begun the search to select the successor to Shibulal