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1. Incredible India? IE - Sun, Nov 22

   Every time I go to a country that used to be way behind India and is now way ahead, gloomy thoughts fill my head and as a responsible columnist I feel it my duty to share them with you. 

2. Solid. Robust. Focussed. IE - Fri, Nov 13

   Sachin Tendulkar may have inspired others to write poetry but he batted in robust prose. Not for him the tenderness and fragility of the poet, the excitement of a leaf fluttering in a gentle breeze. No. 

3. Honey, I shrank the CAT! India Today - Wed, Nov 11

   The CAT is out of the bag and has stunned business schools. For the first time in 10 years, the number of applicants for the Common Admission Test (CAT) has taken a plunge. In spite of an extension of 10 days for online registration, a little over 2. 

4. FE Editorial : Sweet tooth FE - Mon, Nov 9

   On Friday, wholesale sugar prices in Kolhapur—one of the biggest trading centres in India—touched Rs 34.43 per kg, a jump of almost 2% in a single day. 

5. Buying land and selling kidneys FE - Mon, Nov 9

   I was recently invited to give a lecture in Kolkata on whether to legalise the sale in human organs (the kidney in particular). 

6. Column : Why Berlin was a win for all of us FE - Mon, Nov 9

   Of all the innovations that have shaped our lives in recent years, none has been more influential than the destruction of the Berlin Wall. 

7. Google gets a googly Business Today - Tue, Nov 3

   Imagine opening a website, keying in a few search terms and presto! You are on the page of a rival website. Users may not mind such an occurrence, but the website in question surely will. That's exactly what happened recently when Consim India, owners of bharatmatrimony.com and indiaproperties. 

8. 'People have never been able to associate themselves with any other leader as they did with Indira Gandhi' IE - Sun, Nov 1

   In this Idea Exchange moderated by Senior Editor, Media, Archna Shukla, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni spoke about regulating the broadcast sector, the growing number of channels, the Emergency and Indira Gandhi. 

9. Secret sorties and stolen sheep IE - Fri, Oct 30

   In a previous column in this series (IE, September 4), the narrative of the 1965 India-Pakistan War was brought up to the crucial date of September 11, 1965 when Ayub Khan, a realist for all his faults, knew that for Pakistan the war was over. 

10. Touch me not IE - Fri, Oct 30

    This could have made news 60 years ago. And even then, it would have been shocking. For the fact of Dalits entering a temple to make headlines in the 21st century only goes to show that untouchability is far from a bygone evil.