How the apparel industry can solve India’s unemployment problem in the short term

India’s economy is growing steadily but job growth is not following suit. Nearly 12 million youth join the workforce every year - but only 5.5 million jobs are created. A major chunk of this unemployed lot is rural, uneducated and unskilled; and a lot of them are women. In the last five years, India’s unemployment...

Why Indian online businesses will take time to come of age?

    IBM’s recent study claims ‘unethical business conduct’ is a major reason for startups failing in India. In my opinion, it is harsh to term them as such. Very often, the reason is actually cultural. We are culturally different from our Western counterparts; and this shows in our online businesses too. The Indian inability...