How Covid-19 is changing the global power equations

Covid-19 is unlike any other occurrence in living memory. Previous diseases, earthquakes or tsunamis were limited in their impact. There were the countries that were affected and the countries that could help. Covid-19, on the other hand has had the entire world impacted. And with the full impact yet to be known, no country can …

Pranab Mukherjee’s budget speech for 2012: a percentage play

Analyzing the word map of the  finance minister's budget speech turns out to be a rather dull and boring exercise. What jumps out at you is the word "percent". In fact, the entire budget speech can be summarized into four words - Propose, Duty, Percent, Crore. Coalition dharma or electoral compulsion?

Dinesh Trivedi’s railway budget as a word map

Last year, I had done word maps of Mamata Banerjee's railway budgets. This year, given the tamasha that was played out as an aftermath of the Railway budget presented by Dinesh Trivedi (who has since been forced to resign), it would be interesting to see what his focus was on, by creating a similar word …

Can an ad alone win a defense contract?

  This ad appeared in the recent issue of India Today. SAAB, is the Swedish manufacturer of Gripen fighter planes. The plane being advertised is the Gripen IN, a customized version of the Gripen NG; one of the six in the running for the mother of all defense deals - the Indian Air Force's MMRCA …