Insecurity - The Core of Consumerism

Fascinating article on psychology & marketing http://markmanson.net/insecurity

Pharma - A Paradigm shift that can affect millions ?

http://scroll.in/article/745344/why-south-africas-health-minister-is-so-worried-about-india-caving-in-to-big-pharma

While it is impossible to ignore the merits of an incentive driven system, certain things like this should be controlled for the common good.. Quoting Yusuf Hameid , "“All governments should ensure that there is no monopoly in essential drugs required for the healthcare needs of their country,”

Indian businesses undermining capitalism ?

"Indian capital, rather than collectively fighting for rational regulation, spends its energies extracting its own form of rent from this misregulation. Industry uses inordinate resources in keeping its exemptions intact or manipulating rules to its advantage."

Read more:

 http://forbesindia.com/article/independence-special-2013/pratap-bhanu-mehta-when-business-bats-against-itself/35875/1

The Kerala Model Development

Something that should be read  http://telegraphindia.com/1110504/jsp/opinion/story_13928101.jsp
Harps on the idea that a plain GDP rate / big ticket investments are not the only option for growth

War Crimes & WikiLeaks

An article that reminds me of a lot of Hollywood movies ..
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/201139154141620744.html

Management Consulting & Ethics

Felix Salmon's article on recent insider trading controversies with McKinsey http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/03/09/mckinseys-corrupted-culture/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+felix-all+(Felix+Salmon+-+All+(Reuters+%2B+FS.com))

Trading of Toppers :)

Never thought JEE coaching industry has reached to this level :) http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-02-20/news/28615129_1_coaching-classes-iit-coaching-iitians-pace

Market forces .. Sigh !!