Straight from the Hip by Jawahir Mulraj

The Future Will Happen!

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Michael Lewis wrote a famous book title 'Next: The Future Just Happened' which talks about how the internet has changed lives. Political leaders ought to read it.... [Read More]

There is no free lunch

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The headline corporate news last week was the cancellation of the bauxite mining permission to Vedanta, in Niyamgiri Hills, in Orissa, on environmental grounds. There are several things mixed in this potpourri, including political agendas.... [Read More]

India shining but MPs whining

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

J Mulraj discusses how the biggest internal risk to India�s growing economy is abysmal governance highlighted by various issues such as rampant environmental abuse, the CWG scandal or the unjustified MP pay hike.... [Read More]

Its raining greenbacks, hallelujah

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Gerri Halliwell may have sung 'its raining men, hallelujah, but Gerry Corrigan, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Bank, would be thanking the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, for the Greenspan-like loose monetary policy that allows greenbacks to rain. Bernanke, looking to recover from the global recession, is keeping interest rates extremely low, in the hope that the private sector would borrow, grow, and provide employment.... [Read More]

Uncommon wealth shames

Sat, 7 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

It is an abject failure of governance that despite several allegations of brazen loot the Government has not asked the Organising Committee (OC) of the Commonwealth Games to step down until investigations are over.... [Read More]