India’s first markets: Their role in 21st-century economic progress
India’s first markets have for millennia attracted people: to conquer, to plunder, to settle, to prosper, and to leave behind a living legacy long after they sailed into the sunset…
Japan’s Contribution to World Research
Since the 1980s, Japan has emerged at the forefront of research in several fields and has made path-breaking contributions in the global arena. This is the outcome of significant investment…
Globalization of Academic Research in Japan
Globalization of academic research is a reality in the contemporary world. National boundaries are getting obliterated because of the Internet and instant electronic communication. In fact, in the last few years,…
Food Security Bill vis à vis India’s Financials: Food for Thought?
The 2014 elections are just around the corner, and it’s time for populist moves and one-upmanship by both the incumbent government and the opposition. Not surprisingly, the UPA pushed the…
Index Futures
The economy is driven by the markets, which are constantly evolving and generating new instruments of commerce and trade to get around the challenges in the existing market ecosystem. Trade…
English Language in its 21st-Century Avatar
Last week, author and grammar columnist June Casagrande wrote on the use, misuse, or overuse of the semicolon in the English language, the “strange little squiggles” as she calls it…