Indian stores in search of drama
Financial Times December 30, 2008 When Kishore Biyani tried a “clean Italian look” of glass and minimalist lines in one of his Big Bazaar stores, he was surprised by the […]
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Truckmaker puts Delhi’s roads on the map
Financial Times October 29 2008 Vikram Lal saw a business opportunity where others saw only chaos. He is the driving force behind Eicher Maps, which in 1996 published the first […]
Tenacity in the face of prejudice
Financial Times October 15, 2008 If Kiran Mazumdar Shaw had had her way, she would have been a brewer. Inspired by her father, a brewmaster at United Breweries, Ms Mazumdar […]
Nuclear deal wrangle drives India towards early election
Financial Times July 5, 2008 The entire spectrum of the Congress-led ruling coalition is taking risks over a civil pact with the US, says Amy Yee Fleets of the white […]
Financial advice for India’s burgeoning middle classes
Financial Times June 27, 2008 As the country becomes wealthier, so more people need help in navigating the crowded investment landscape. As a General Electric employee working in business development […]
Hard graft
Financial Times June 12, 2008 Within the first couple weeks of arriving in India, I asked an Indian friend whether corruption was really as widespread as I had heard. To […]
Flush with success
Financial Times May 16, 2008 Bindeshwar Pathak has devoted his life to an unusual cause. In 1970 he founded Sulabh a non-governmental organisation based in Delhi that builds clean toilets […]
Marriage at the click of a button
Financial Times March 18, 2008 The aftermath of the dotcom bubble in 2001 was a bad time to be launching an internet start-up, particularly one specialising in matrimonial listings for […]
A disciple of Japanese quality management
Financial Times January 28, 2008 Order and efficiency are hallmarks of the TVS motorbike factory near Bangalore in southern India. To direct foot traffic, arrows are painted on the shiny […]
Two Worlds Collide
Financial Times REPORT – UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY 2007 December 11, 2007 Financial Times The Naandi Foundation, based in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, seems similar to the plethora of […]
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