These stocks figure in the best-performing funds as identified by us. Yet, their prices are sluggish. Are they worth buying? Analysis by Debashis Basu and Shailendra Lotlikar

There are fund houses with a good and consistent long-term record of beating their benchmarks. They have been around for more than five years, have ridden the phases of high market volatility, chosen stocks with care,...

Harassed by the police, a businessman launches an NGO to fight back. Mitali Patel reports

Indur Kartar Chhugani’s business of publishing Selpages was extremely respectable and high profile, until he lost everything in competition to Tata Yellow Pages in 2004. He had to sell off his listed company Sellaids Publications I. Ltd as well as his flat in Khar after fighting a bruising battle with...

Beware of new gimmicks and invitations that hit your mailbox

This happened to one of India's top columnists last week. He comes from an illustrious lineage; his family was reputed to “own half of Delhi” and he has had close personal contacts with the ruling elite in every government since Independence. The background is important in the context of this email that I received, ostensibly...