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The year 2018, for me, ended with a very sad note. Two great personalities, I admired for different reasons, left for their heavenly abode in

In his book ..And Forgive Them Their Debts, American economist, Michael Hudson re-examined the history of lending. The period that particularly excites Mr Hudson is

Do you keep a diary? If ‘yes’ how many of you record the day to day events in your life? The people who say ‘yes’

Montaigne tells us that we are no better than “assesloaded with books” if we fail to make use in our lives of what we learn

Let me make it clear at the very outset that I’ve never been introduced to Vijay Mallya and Anil Ambani, although I’ve attended several functions

Some New York City lawyers choose a “Downtown Death” where, at an advanced age, your secretary hears a thud, enters your office and finds you

On her way home from college a writer friend of mine chanced upon her local bookseller and asked him how her books were moving. The

Calling the end of the global trading system is now a tradition that stretches back two decades. The bursting of the 1990s tech bubble; the

In my professional career I was fortunate to have met some of the ‘really courageous’ Supreme Court judges like Justice V R Krishna Iyer. I

On a sleepy Sunday afternoon I got down at a wrong bus stop. I began to look around for guidance. But for the banging sound

If you have ever taken children to any illusion museum you will know about infinity mirrors. Look into one and the lights around the edge appear

In a world of cosmic challenges, I find it relaxing on occasion to turn my attention to personal matters of no consequence in the larger