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My column in the Deccan Herald on the balance between state, market and society runs once in four weeks, on Sundays. In this column, I explore ways in which we can be part of all three. This is important - not because each of them includes methods of responding to development, but because the balance is a part of the definition of development itself.

Ashwin Mahesh

Oct 30, 2013
3 min

Seven 4-letter words you can be proud of

About two years ago, I said to a few young people that 'if you do the following seven things EVERY WEEK without fail for the next FULL YEAR for only A FEW MINUTES A DAY, you'll be so successful you'll never have to worry too much about your career and other things. I'm not sure if any of them is trying it out, but this morning in some other context I was reminded of this. I call these the seven 4-letter words that guarantee success. Keep in mind, you must do this EVERY WEEK,

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Ashwin Mahesh

Sep 15, 1999
3 min

School's out, life's in.

Of all the things I treasure about my education, I value most what Dr.Anjeneya Swamy taught me in one course at B-school. He is a small man, made a little in the image of Hercule Poirot, I tell myself sometimes, with his eccentricities, his startling language, and quiet convictions. Although I suspect I was his favorite student from my years at Pondicherry, he would be loathe to indicate so even in the slightest. He was one of those rare instructors who made me try to impress

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