Monthly Archives: June 2010

There’s a much greater chance reforms will accelerate in India: Stephen Roach

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Venky

(This interview with Dr Stephen Roach – in which he shared his perspective on the Indian, US and Chinese economies – was published in DNA edition dated June 29, 2010.)   In the three years since Dr Stephen Roach, inarguably … Continue reading →

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Bunty and Bubli in Beijing and Bandra

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Venky

(This column was published in DNA edition dated June 23, 2010.) Venky Vembu The writer Mark Twain recommended travel as an antidote to “prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.” Stirring out of one’s comfort zone and interacting with other cultures, he believed, … Continue reading →

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This is a very dangerous time for China: Jim Walker

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Venky

(This interview with the legendary Dr Jim Walker, founder of Asianomics, was published in DNA edition dated June 22, 1010.) If economists were stellar constellations, Jim Walker would be Ursa Major. The grizzly former CLSA economist and founder of Asianomics, … Continue reading →

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Is India a tiger or a pussycat?

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Venky

(This article, on why home-grown fantasies of India’s imminent superpower-dom don’t square with the reality of India’s influence on the world stage, was published  in DNA edition dated June 20, 2010.) Venky Vembu It isn’t often that 16th century French soothsayer … Continue reading →

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The world is round, and so is a football

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Venky

(A column published in DNA edition dated June 9, 2010, just ahead of the FIFA soccer World Cup.) Venky Vembu On the crossbar of the soccer goalpost in my school playground, back in the 1970s, was painted an unlikely quotation … Continue reading →

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All the President’s cooks

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Venky

(This column was published in DNA edition dated June 4, 2010.) Venky Vembu There’s a story that’s told of a staunch Hindutva leader who, while once travelling abroad in the tireless service of the motherland, was seen to be heartily … Continue reading →

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