Prabal Basu Roy
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India’s #MeToo Manthan : PM Modi Must Help Drive Change Post MJ Akbar
PM Modi must now use this opportunity to legislate institutional mechanisms to change the system so that this movement goes beyond hashtags. Before a new legislation is enacted, this can take various immediate forms from fast trac courts, free legal representation, security of jobs, extension of Whistleblower’s Protection Act 2011 for these women where applicable, etc. Safeguarding women from the vulnerabilities associated with our system will only allow the filth to be contained if not eradicated. And for a mass cleansing of this nature we can only look towards a clean, firm and determined political leadership for direction – Swachh Bharat II !
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India’s #MeToo Manthan: PM Modi Must Help Drive Change
The #MeToo movement is not about legality but about influencing change and demonstrating support
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The ILFS Situation: Despite The Mayhem, An Innovative Solution Can Save The Day
The prime reason for the current predicament of ILFS has been its penchant for over leverage and a highly risky capital structure based on such leverage in its legal and operational entities which hold its significant long-term infrastructure assets
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The New LIC “Policy” For IDBI: Insuring Corporate Mortality
Though LIC has been the favorite milking cow since times immemorial for the Government of the day, it has been generally used to prop up markets during bear assaults or helping pick up some residual stakes during partially unsuccessful divestment initiatives
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The Great Corporate Governance Challenge
Satyam, Kingfisher Airlines, United Spirits, Ricoh India, Fortis... the list of companies that have duped minority shareholders is long and worrisome. Is there a way to keep unscrupulous promoters /managements under check?
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The Chanda Kochhar Controversy: How Will The Cookie Crumble?
The Board now has an excellent opportunity to set things right by ensuring a fully independent and fair enquiry whilst the investigation by the enforcement authorities are parallelly in progress
Read MoreKarnataka Elections: An Open Letter To The Incoming Chief Minister To Save Bengaluru
A Bangalorean pours his heart out for the new elected Chief Minister of Karnataka.
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Chanda Kochhar Controversy : A Profitable String Of Coincidences
Chanda must factor this in the equation in the interest of the institution she manages and more importantly of which she is the face
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Anatomy Of A Scam: Should PNB Really Surprise Us?
Good judgement comes from experience, but experience comes from bad judgement. We have enough experience in scams
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Live To Fight Another Day
Even though the prices of oil have risen appreciably to pave the way for the Aramco offering, billed as the biggest IPO ever, the event itself will be an overhang on the markets
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