Blog: My Wedding Had An Uninvited Guest - Covid

Raija Susan Panicker | Tuesday March 30, 2021

Our wedding was called off indefinitely. In less than two weeks, a national lockdown was announced in India, all flights were cancelled. In April, my mother and father tested positive for Covid in Long Island. What I had been reading about in news articles was happening to my own people. It was painful and scary, but they survived.

Opinion: UAE Project To Broker India-Pak Peace Is Its Most Ambitious Ever

Hussein Ibish, Bloomberg | Monday March 29, 2021

Nicknamed "Little Sparta" by American generals like former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the United Arab Emirates is widely acknowledged as a small country that punches far above its weight in military terms. But the tiny Gulf state also has outsize ambitions as a peace broker.

Opinion: Gujarat Dinner A Top-Class Teaching Moment From Both Pawar And Shah

Swati Chaturvedi | Monday March 29, 2021

Amit Shah's statement that "not everything can be made public" is being interpreted as affirmation of the fact that on Saturday night, he met Sharad Pawar for dinner at the home of a billionaire in Gujarat.

Opinion: Even Without A Pandemic, Going Maskless In Delhi Can Kill You

Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg | Monday March 29, 2021

It has been a year since the pandemic hit India and, for me, the oddest thing is how healthy I've been. Like most but not all of the people I see on the streets, I have been masked up these past 12 months. I've washed my hands religiously and avoided crowds. As a result, for the first time in my life, I haven't caught a cold all year.

Opinion: What To Make Of Amit Shah's Warning After Nuns' Harassment

Rajmohan Gandhi | Thursday March 25, 2021

The ABVP young men who alerted the railway police about the "crime" they were witnessing as their train, the Utkal Express, was speeding along clearly thought they were doing a patriotic duty. When, as a result, two nuns from Kerala plus the two trainees accompanying them were taken off the train at Jhansi, the ABVP vigilantes may have reminded themselves of the heroi...

Opinion: No Zoom On Friday! Companies Handle WFH Fatigue

Elisa Martinuzzi & Marcus Ashworth, Bloomberg | Wednesday March 24, 2021

It took a year of the pandemic but finally one of the world's biggest banks has acknowledged the huge toll that working remotely is taking on its staff. Jane Fraser, Citigroup Inc's chief executive officer, wants to ease Zoom fatigue and go back to regular working hours. That tells you how bad things have got - at investment banks and at large businesses generally.

Opinion: My Team Found 2,000 Plastic Bags Inside A Dead Camel

Marcus Eriksen | Wednesday March 24, 2021

Digging between the ribs of a dead camel buried in the sands of Dubai, I couldn't believe what my colleagues and I found: a mass of plastic bags as big as a large suitcase. At least 2,000 plastic bags were lumped together where the animal's stomach would have been.

Opinion: RBI Is Having A Tough Time With Government Bonds

Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg Opinion | Wednesday March 24, 2021

Even though the rupee is the best emerging-market currency so far this year, 6% isn't adequate risk compensation for 10-year notes.

Opinion: When Modi-Shah Took Over BJP, I Had Premonition - by Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha | Tuesday March 23, 2021

I joined the Trinamool Congress on March 13 at its office in Kolkata. It happened rather suddenly and therefore surprised many people, including my close friends.

Opinion: How Amazon Is Fighting Door-To-Door To Beat Mukesh Ambani

Andy Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Monday March 22, 2021

The world's largest retailer is permeating the complex tapestry of the only billion-people-plus market open to it. And it's doing so by tweaking its business models to suit local preferences, practices, quirks - and Covid-19 disruptions.

158596061626364656667