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[Raj] Thackeray’s successes evidently left an impression on 1,900 employees of Jet Airways, who were fired last week thanks to the global financial crisis. They rushed to Thackeray’s office. He...
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Rediff has put out an informative news item from PTI that helpfully informs us that the Indian stock market will rise over the next 15 years, albeit punctuated by the occasional dips, and that it will...
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When I wrote my post “Most blogs are terrible”, I had intended to write a post on how to think of whether blogging will replace journalism. The idea was that we should disaggregate all the functions...
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After retiring from the Supreme Court, Justice Markandey Katju now heads the Press Council of India, a role that everyone knows is a sinecure. Nonetheless, he has managed to stir up a controversy by...
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