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Controversial Questions Day 10: Is India a union of states or a federation — does the difference matter?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 10: Is India a union of states or a federation — does the difference matter? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme …
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 9
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 9 Should reservations have an end date? THE STAKES In February 2024, the Supreme Court heard a petition challenging the 103rd Constitutional Amendmen…
Controversial Questions Day 8: Was the Emergency of 1975 India’s darkest hour or a necessary reset?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 8: Was the Emergency of 1975 India’s darkest hour or a necessary reset? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court…
Controversial Questions Day 7: Should India become a presidential democracy?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 7: Should India become a presidential democracy? THE STAKES In June 2024, the newly elected Lok Sabha saw a reco…
Controversial Questions Day 6: Was Nehru’s secularism genuine or a political tool?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 6: Was Nehru’s secularism genuine or a political tool? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a petition…
Controversial Questions Day 5: Should India be a Hindu Rashtra?
The Great Indian Debate — 100 Questions That Divide the Nation Day 5: Should India be a Hindu Rashtra? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court began hearing petitions challenging…
Controversial Questions Day 4: Was Ambedkar’s Constitution too Western for India?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 4: Was Ambedkar’s Constitution too Western for India? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Supreme Court struck down the…
Controversial Questions Day 3: Article 370 — was its abrogation constitutional or political?
The Great Indian Debate — 100 Questions That Divide the Nation Day 3: Article 370 — was its abrogation constitutional or political? THE STAKES On August 5, 2019, the Indian govern…
Controversial Questions Day 2: Should India have a uniform civil code?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 2: Should India have a uniform civil code? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court suo motu took up a petition …
Controversial Questions Day 1: Was the partition of India inevitable or a colonial crime?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 1: Was the partition of India inevitable or a colonial crime? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court heard a p…
Business Frauds Day 100: The NSE Co-Location Scam — When the Stock Exchange Itself Was Rigged
Day 100: The NSE Co-Location Scam — When the Stock Exchange Itself Was Rigged THE NUMBER ₹50,000 crore. That’s the estimated notional loss to retail investors between 2010 and 2015…
Business Frauds DAY 99: MCX — JIGNESH SHAH AGAIN, THE EXCHANGE HE BUILT AND LOST
DAY 99: MCX — JIGNESH SHAH AGAIN, THE EXCHANGE HE BUILT AND LOST THE NUMBER ₹5,600 crore. That’s the amount the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) lost in a single day—December 1, 2013…
Business Frauds Day 98: The NSEL Scam — How Jignesh Shah Turned a Commodity Exchange into a ₹5,600 Crore Ponzi Scheme
Day 98: The NSEL Scam — How Jignesh Shah Turned a Commodity Exchange into a ₹5,600 Crore Ponzi Scheme THE NUMBER In July 2013, the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) defaulted o…
Business Frauds Day 97: Sanjay Dangi — The Penny Stock Puppeteer Who Made ₹1,089 Crore Vanish
Day 97: Sanjay Dangi — The Penny Stock Puppeteer Who Made ₹1,089 Crore Vanish THE NUMBER In 2018, SEBI’s final order revealed that Sanjay Dangi and his associates manipulated 16 pe…
Business Frauds Day 96: Samir Arora — The Man Who Made ₹1,100 Crore Vanish from Alliance Capital’s Mutual Funds
Day 96: Samir Arora — The Man Who Made ₹1,100 Crore Vanish from Alliance Capital’s Mutual Funds THE NUMBER In 2003, SEBI discovered that Samir Arora, then CEO of Alliance Capital A…
Business Frauds Day 95: Shankar Sharma — The Man Who Sold the Market a Story
Day 95: Shankar Sharma — The Man Who Sold the Market a Story THE NUMBER ₹1,200 crore. That’s the amount the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged was siphoned off through a web of s…
Business Frauds Day 94: Manu Manek — The Original Black Cobra of Dalal Street
Day 94: Manu Manek — The Original Black Cobra of Dalal Street THE NUMBER In 1992, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) discovered that ₹4,000 crore—equivalent to ₹40,000 crore today—had…
Business Frauds Day 93: Radhakishan Damani — The Bear Cartel Operator Who Built a Retail Empire
Day 93: Radhakishan Damani — The Bear Cartel Operator Who Built a Retail Empire THE NUMBER In 1992, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) found that Radhakishan Damani …
Business Frauds Day 92: Ketan Parekh — Act Two, Co-operative Banks, and the ₹1,200 Crore Circular Trading Scam
Day 92: Ketan Parekh — Act Two, Co-operative Banks, and the ₹1,200 Crore Circular Trading Scam THE NUMBER In March 2001, the Madhavpura Mercantile Co-operative Bank (MMCB) in Gujar…
Business Frauds Day 91: Harshad Mehta — the original, still the most cinematic
Day 91: Harshad Mehta — the original, still the most cinematic THE NUMBER In April 1992, the State Bank of India discovered a ₹500 crore discrepancy in its government securities ac…