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Shyamal Majumdar

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The Great Indian Cash Obsession
Rediff.com29 Dec 2021

Five years after demonetisation, which sought to curb black money and reduce cash...

I-T Portal: Infosys Deserved Better
Rediff.com28 Sep 2021

The tax portal problem is a goof-up by both sides, and making Infosys the only villain...

Can Zomato match the exuberance over its IPO?
Rediff.com28 Jul 2021

Food delivery platform Zomato had investors eating out of its hand recently. Its...

Why Mehul Choksi is not returning anytime soon
Rediff.com24 Jun 2021

It was perhaps over-enthusiasm that prompted the Indian investigative agencies to take...

Covid: Centre, states equally to blame
Rediff.com9 May 2021

The oxygen shortage was inevitable to an extent given the tsunami of Covid cases, but...

How Dharavi beat back COVID-19
Rediff.com15 Jan 2021

Dharavi's success underlines the importance of community participation in any public...

Why ED is the best bet for Kochars to get out of mess
Rediff.com23 Sep 2020

The agency's poor track record in convictions is the only light at the end of a rather...

The curious case of the SBI chairman
Rediff.com27 Aug 2020

What makes the SBI case even more curious is that the government didn't insist on a...

Hinduja squabble: Lessons for business khandaans
Rediff.com27 Jul 2020

'India is home to the third-largest number of family-owned businesses in the world.'...

How your workplace will change forever
Rediff.com15 May 2020

From properly spaced desks to visual signals, office life is expected to change beyond...

COVID-19: Job loss, salary cuts are BIGGEST worries
Rediff.com11 Apr 2020

'A large number of people are suddenly waking up to the fear of losing jobs,' says...

The ugly truth of dying in a sewer
Rediff.com16 Feb 2020

It's impossible to get the actual number of people dying and not getting compensation...

Job losses are inevitable in IT
Rediff.com7 Jan 2020

'The focus for IT companies will shift from adding scale to building a smaller, more...

Why is India Inc so scared all the time?
Rediff.com13 Dec 2019

'India Inc has been afraid to criticise the government of the day for many years now,...

Work: The 888 vs 996 debate
Rediff.com3 May 2019

Mumbai is the most hard working city in the world. Mumbaikars work for an average of...

The BIG threat facing the fund houses
Rediff.com17 Aug 2018

New technologies such as block chain are throwing up new opportunities; so the axe is...

The 'naughty boy' who runs a hotel empire
Rediff.com24 Jul 2018

'A heavy tanker takes time to move, but when it starts rolling, it's difficult to stop...

Why company auditors are suddenly showing some spine
Rediff.com19 Jun 2018

While auditors have come in for a lot of praise for their proactive stand against what...

Would you say 'open your kimono' at work?
Rediff.com13 Jun 2018

Jargon-heavy management bluster is taking over everyday office chat.

Why Aditya Ghosh had to quit IndiGo
Rediff.com14 May 2018

The founders of IndiGo may have thought it's time to go for a rejig of the top...