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Clinton Addresses India’s Businesses

Published by A. Nair, Mumbai correspondent on July 31, 2009 under Asia News

It was her first port of call and it was steeped in symbolism.

At 7:30 am in Mumbai on July 18, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private, cosy tete-a-tete with 10 of India Inc’s most sought-after billionaires, was a power breakfast the likes of which the city’s corporate czars had not seen in a long time. The meeting was anything but cozy, with participants hungry to take in every morsel. Read more »

It is deja vu, with a difference (Report from Mumbai)

Published by A. Nair, Mumbai correspondent on December 8, 2008 under Asia News, Industry conferences, Regulation

There is a phrase in India that has become not so much a commonplace as a vulgar truism, one that people reach for quickly to describe India’s financial capital’s indomitable nature: the spirit of Mumbai. The terror attacks of November, that ripped asunder the very fabric of this resolute city, has dented that spirit. Somewhat. Read more »