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Campaign trail blues
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 13/05/2019
» Rajesh Agarwal recalls the 1980s with fond nostalgia. Whenever Indians went to the polls back then, business was brisk for the co-owner of Chhagan Lal & Sons, an international promotional merchandise company based in Jaipur.
Uttar Pradesh tanneries feeling unwelcome, ready to move
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 25/02/2019
» Firoz Alam is feeling victimised these days. The owner of a small tannery in Kanpur, he and dozens of others have been forced to close because of concerns that their operations are polluting the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh.
Right-to-die debate
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/01/2019
» Anamika Mishra has been waiting for death for over a decade, saying her health is beyond redemption.
Golden loophole
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 09/10/2017
» When the American novelist Erin Bowman said "gold makes monsters of men", she probably did not have India's gold traders in mind.
GST jumble
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 29/05/2017
» Naseem is a confused man. The owner of two department stores in Ghaziabad, a city just east of Delhi, he is worried that the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) is going to damage his sales.
Chinese checkers: Import boycott hurts Indian traders
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 14/11/2016
» It's not easy being an Indian importer of Chinese goods these days, says Savan Kumar, a Delhi trader whose business has suffered amid rising nationalistic trade sentiment.
Recipe for success
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 24/10/2016
» The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, or so the old saying goes, and Vijay Lal Dahot will certainly agree. But he may add that the way through the stomach also leads to a man's purse.
India's 'Good Sense Tax'
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 15/08/2016
» Mangal Singh Rawal is finally seeing some light at the end of the dark tunnel that he and many other businessmen have been navigating for years.
Unlettered in India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 02/11/2015
» Even as India makes rapid strides toward achieving 100% literacy and universal access to digital technology, there is a village just 170 kilometres from New Delhi where almost nobody can read and write in any language.