The new geopolitics of food
In the United States, when world wheat prices rise by 75 percent, as they have over the last year, it means the difference between a $2 loaf of bread and a loaf costing maybe $2.10. If, however, you...
View ArticleAnna Hazare’s movement: A case study in management
It is not often that you can draw lessons in management from a mass public initiative. I went to Azad Maidan in Mumbai in August to join the thousands others in the fight against corruption. But the...
View ArticleIndian missions release guidelines for land buys in LatAm countries
New Delhi: With investors keen on acquiring land abroad for agriculture and mining, the government has taken the first step to smoothen land acquisitions in Latin American countries. Indian missions...
View ArticleFair business, fair growth
Village councils in the Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha have last week voted decisively against mining in their area and decided the fate of billions of dollars in investment. With this, activists, policy...
View ArticleLand Acquisition: global quest for solutions
Even as the controversial amendment to India’s land acquisition law was winding through Parliament last week, the World Bank’s president made an admission that highlights the complex global conflict...
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