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The author is an independent policy and strategy analyst, and alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad
At one time, most organisations had decades-old designations which gave one a clear sense of the relative hierarchical position in the organisation. Government continues its vintage
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Credit to the scissors-wielding US Customs, though, for triggering another innovative job-opportunity in India: that of creating fake bills on fake Hermes, Gucci, or Armani stationery to establish the authenticity of fake goods!
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Retired bureaucrats were once reticent, reluctant to reveal confidences, content to stroll into the sunset, writes Kiran Karnik
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There seems to be a certain prestige associated with such activities centred around books, writes Kiran Karnik
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For greater commerce, there is the more recent World Biryani Day – the country’s most popular ordered-in dish. Now, we need a Chicken Tikka Masala Day and a Gobi Manchurian Day – to boost revenues and preempt UK and China, writes the author
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The challenge for innovators, corporates, and countries is to come up with sets of products which create mutual reinforcement
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The challenge, then, for innovators, corporates, and countries is to come up with sets of products that create mutual reinforcement, but to avoid those with negative effects and certainly those that cause grief
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The diversity in cuisine – the happy coexistence of idli/masala dosa with mutton tikkas/butter chicken – and their innovative inter-mixing: these may have cultural and broader lessons for organisations and the country
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Urban safaris are another sure winner. Loads of foreigners, unwilling to brave the difficulties of forest living, could be attracted by promoting assured sighting of an assortment of animals right in the urban areas
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Thus, books and reading, once conjoined, can be distinct. Today, a vast number of people do much of their reading online, using their mobile or computer screens. Devices like Kindle can be loaded with hundreds of books, to be read at one’s leisure
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