By Sanjay Jha ( An extract from my forthcoming book on Leadership : yet untitled) I woke up one morning to the best quote, and what was finally the winner of the sound byte of the year 2009. US President Barack Obama , not once, but several times confessed on national television that "I screwed up" , with reference to his nomination of Tom Daschle , Health Secretary who unfortunately ended up being a tax violator. Shoddy due diligence, but it happens. What was truly refreshing though , … [Read more...]
Oil Price Decontrol: A Bold and Strategic Move
July 11, 2010 By 1 Comment
(As Published in Deccan Herald on Sunday, July 11th 2010) By Rajeev Gowda Some day, the earth is going to run out of oil. It’s already getting harder to tap. That is why BP was doing risky drilling deep in the Gulf of Mexico. As oil gets scarcer, its price will go up. As China and India demand more oil, the price will go up further. Throw in political turmoil in high-risk oil producing areas and market prices can skyrocket. Two years ago, Arjun Murti, an Indian analyst at Goldman … [Read more...]
Being John Howard
July 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I am happy that I am not John Howard. It must be hugely embarrassing to be a former Prime Minister of Australia and then be defeated in a stunning unexpected reversal for a comparatively junior position of a Vice-President in the International Cricket Council. Understandably, all hell has broken loose in the slippery terrain of cricket's powerful albeit dubious corridors. It is hardly an epochal coincidence that Mr Sharad Pawar, India's Agriculture Minister presiding over 70% of our 1.2 … [Read more...]
