How to make money in India: What these two individuals know is invaluable

We had two real neighbours when I was growing up as a child in Defence Colony, New Delhi, in the '60s. On one side was a famous Barrister, as modest and...

Dear Mai-Baap Sarkar: #ShowMeTheData

The last few months have been very turbulent, the last few days even more so, and I therefore try to make a short, quick article on some of the questions I have been...

Navneet Kalra saga: Not the best of times for a few who know or knew him

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a case of money-laundering against businessman Navneet Kalra and he has been booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering...

Golden rule of crooked business: Never poop in your own backyard

Recent events surrounding an assortment of front businesses like optician, fine dining, fast food, bubble making machines sold as oxygen generators, cricket linked...

The tale of a son-in-law who is on run: A life best told in whispers

Delhi has been a city of ambitious princeling, son-in-laws and even more ambitious queen mothers and daughters for centuries now. Behind every opium sniffing nawab or...

Do you really own your own property?: Check now before it’s too late

How easy, or difficult, is it to "make" over 2 lakhs or even more, fake home loan accounts in India? Anybody who has tried to take a genuine home loan account...

Hafta and Monthly in Mumbai: A city where a hotel could come up on a bridge

Nobody gave any hafta, therefore nobody received any hafta, and the goat screamed the loudest before being slaughtered. Luckily for all, Telgi died without what he...