V Pattabhi Ram

Audit firms in for a medical checkup

There have been failures in delivery. True, the extent of failure depends on which side of the fence you are sitting. What was once...

Likes and dislikes

Many years ago, at an inter-collegiate contest, I wrote an essay on 'If I were the Finance Minister of India.' I wrote that the Income...

An institution by herself…

I first met Dr Nirmala Prasad when she was at Apex. She came across as a person with who you could easily vibe. From there,...

An engaging narrative

When a corporate warrior with over five decades of have-been-there-have-seen-it experience writes, you take notice. In a pacey narrative, peppered with anecdotes, R Gopalakrishnan,...

ABHIJIT AND RAVISH

The award of the Nobel Prize for Economics to Abhijit Banerjee makes me happy that another India-born has bagged it. Beyond that there is...

Witty accountant

G Narayanaswamy, GN to his vast army of friends and admirers, was sharp, quick-witted and intelligent. Born to a village school headmaster and mother who...

WALKING INTO THE SUNSET

India's world cup dreams lay shattered by one rank bad performance by what was otherwise a clinically sharp display. India lost because they were becoming...

The journey of 11 Nightingales

At the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Justice Prabha Sridevan launched a short collection of stories on 23rd of July that celebrate the...

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