Category: EconHistorienne
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Being Rabindranath Tagore
New post on EconHistorienne @Substack. I keep thinking about the Nobel for Rabindranath Tagore, India’s literary genius who was the first ever Indian to do so for literature and remains the only one so far. How did Tagore get noticed by the Nobel committee? Winning a Nobel requires genius and pathbreaking work, surely. But nominations […]
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Business history needs investigative rigour of a journalist
I know, many academics might squirm to hear of journalism beacuse while everyone yearns for the reach and influence journalism offers, many are quick to dismiss journalists’ work and the field altogether.
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Deirdre McCloskey
I met a legend in economics who told me to keep doing all that I am doing. Here is a picture of us.
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75 years of Indian business: How we began and how far we have come
I must begin with a clarification: the history of Indian business is not as young as India as an independent nation. It goes back several centuries before India opened up its economy in the 1990s, even before it became an independent country. The 1990s were not the first time the Indian economy was open to […]
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Indian values are a cornerstone of Rishi Sunak’s bid to be the UK’s next prime minister
The super wealthy politician, now in the running to be leader of the Conservative Party and the UK’s next prime minister, could embrace a few life lessons from father-in-law N.R. Narayana Murthy’s life.
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The world owes many debts to Boris Franz Becker
It’s true these are the worst of times for Boris Becker, now visibly condemned by both his country of birth and his country of residence. But will it be all it takes to erase a historic legacy?
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Too rich to be PM? Why Britons are unhappy with Rishi Sunak
In the din of British politics, it’s easy to forget important things about Sunak.
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‘The India Way’: What makes Indians successful corporate leaders?
A set of principles unique to Indian leaders, shaped by culture, beyond the simplistic labelling based on pedigree or nationalities…
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It’s a good time for Atlas cycles to make a comeback
Bicycle manufacturing is a complex chain of production that passes through a global value chain which is currently adversely affected by the pandemic.
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Will equal inheritance rights widen gender inequality?
I explore this in my op-ed this week for Moneycontrol.
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