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Aamchi Mumbai to blighted blightyViews:227 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on March 14, 2011It’s technically almost spring. Or that’s what we’d like to think it is, with occasional flashes of blue skies and daffodils. These days, everyone I know is engaged in our bi-annual ..
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Oil makes the World Go RoundViews:159 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on February 21, 2011This last week, the entire world has been watching in awe as the Arab world erupts. Innumerable commentators who are far more qualified than me are analysing the phenomenon to shreds. I expect this..
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United Colours of United KingdomViews:153 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on February 14, 2011This week, I have an overabundance of topics to rant about. First, there’s some bizarre stuff I read in ET, about how the Indian government wants to put tax sanctions on uncooperative tax h..
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Was 2010 any better? Any bets?Views:211 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on February 7, 2011It's one of those weeks that gives nightmares to all the various people who depend on markets for their bread, butter and jam. The BSE sensex, which periodically ducks below what they call psycho..
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Scams like us, scams like themViews:191 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on January 24, 2011Talk about scams and scandals. They seem to be, as Mrs Indira Gandhi once said about corruption in a memorable deposition, universal phenomena. This week, we’ve been inundated with the gory..
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Emerging nations must get ready for leadershipViews:221 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on January 17, 2011There are floods in Brazil, in Australia, in Sri Lanka. There are food riots in Tunisia, bringing down a 20-year government, and the price of onions is fast threatening to overshadow life in Indi..
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Philanthropy: Take it from meViews:211 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on January 10, 2011I ve been having a blast of a time reading up fellow columnists all over the world.It hadnt occurred to me that this is the first new decade in 20 years the last decade was the turn of the centur..
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A few pointers for the new decadeViews:214 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on January 3, 2011Another year, another moment to take stock of life the universe and everything, and figure out what went wrong — other than that waistline, which I’ve stopped thinking about. Other th..
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In a state of being kettledViews:237 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on December 27, 2010I've been kettled. That’s my favourite new word of the season, and also why I’ve been forced offline for a while. Kettled is the word coined by student protestors in London, referring..
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Bad losers, worse learnersViews:209 | Author:Sudeshna Sen | Posted on December 6, 2010I’m planning to get environmentally-friendly and recycle my columns. Sigh. This week, if you happened to live in this part of the world, the main topics of ..
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