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Why the Future of Leadership isn’t About (More) Patriarchy, Capitalism, and Supremacy
Why Two Young Women Have More to Teach Us About Leadership Today Than All the Angry Old White Dudes in the World Quick: if I say “leader”, do you a) roll your eyes b) want to punch me c) smash your fist against your head or d) all of the above? So: are there “leaders”…
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K. Parasaran an Indian Lawyer : SabArimala Temple Case: Pitamaha of Indian Bar
Shri. Parasaran today is one of the legal luminaries of India having a successful legal career for over 6 decades. Brief Biography : K. Parasaran (born 9 October 1927) is an Indian lawyer. He was Advocate-General of Tamil Nadu during President’s rule in 1976 and then, Attorney General of India under Indira Gandhi and Rajiv…
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Nani Palkhivala The Legendary Indian Lawyer and Economist
Author of ‘We the Nation’ Nanaboy “Nani” Ardeshir Palkhivala Born in Mumbai, India January 16, 1920 Died December- 11, 2002 was an Indian jurist and economist Books Authored: 1.Law and Practice of Income tax 2.Taxation in India 3.The Highest Taxed Nation 4.Judiciary Made to Measure 5.Our Constitution Defaced and Defiled 6.India’s Priceless Heritage 7.Essential Unity of all Religions 8.We, the people 9.…
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Lecture by Hon’ble Justice Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud, on Why Constitution Matters
Biography of Hon’ble Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud: Shri Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (born 11 November 1959) is currently a sitting judge of the Supreme Court of India, He is the former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and a former judge of the Bombay High Court. Constitution Lynched When Person Lynched for Food He Had: Justice…
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Crime Capital: Why Delhi Is by Far India’s Most Dangerous City
India’s capital accounted for 25% of the 670,000 crimes recorded in India’s 53 largest cities in 2015. Delhi is India’s biggest megacity, home of the country’s central government and, according to new police data, way ahead of the competition in the quest to claim the title as the country’s capital of crime. The National Crime…
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‘Historically healthcare cos have been mostly about people in lab-coats’: Taj Pharma’s Priyanka Singh
Taj Pharma’s global CMO Priyanka Singh holds forth on bringing fun to a category that’s still all about people in lab-coats in a conversation with Brand Equity. The challenges of the global CMO remit of a pharma company at Taj Pharmaceuticals Limited “We do not think of ourselves as only pharma company; we are a…
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ET Women Ahead: Corporate India’s fastest rising women leaders — Priyanka Singh
Call it the Pygmalion Effect or a corollary, but those marked for stardom do shine bright. In 2015, The Economic Times released a first-ofits-kind listing of corporate India’s fastest rising women leaders, based on an extensive study conducted by Spencer Stuart. A dipstick survey now shows the 25 women on that list have more than…
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The Unwanted: female foeticide in India
There is a peculiar allure about the female body in India: it invites violence. Sex-selective abortion was outlawed long ago, given that the sex ratio had been indicating that too many girls were ‘missing’. Indians, as a rule, do not want girls. There is a peculiar allure about the female body in India: it invites…
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Humans are hardwired to fall OUT of love in the early stages of a new relationship, expert claims
Humans are hardwired to fall out of love in the early stages of a new relationship so they can rationally assess their partner’s suitability as a potential parent, Dr Fred Nour claims The brain is pre-programmed to cut off the supply of lust hormones at the point when getting married or having children becomes likely,…
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Chivalry is still alive and well in modern day society
In today’s society you often hear women complaining that chivalry is dead. But the art of being a gentleman is not as simple and well defined as it used to be. According to Lindeman’s Gentleman’s Collection research, being chivalrous no longer strictly means opening doors, pulling out chairs, helping a woman with her coat…