Suveen Sinha

Why Hollywood studios failed in Bollywood

Chances are, Walt Disney Company won’t make movies in India anymore and, instead, will focus on distributing movies, and make money in India from its global portfolio, some of which will continue to be dubbed in the Indian languages. It seems Disney’s appetite for Bollywood has been satiated with the failures of Mohenjo Daro, Fitoor, Tamasha, Katti Batti, and Phantom.

Virat Kohli voted favourite role model, Ranbir-Deepika sexiest man-woman alive

Virat Kohli beats Dhoni, Federer, Obama and Zuckerberg, to emerge winner in both the sports icon and living role model categories while Modi tops the list in Indian politics.

Shop to be merry, spend to impress: The youth’s mantra on consumerism

As much as 37.3% of the respondents in the latest Youth Survey by HT and MaRS admit they sometimes buy things they do not need to impress people, and 62.1% say they paid a high price for the brand name when buying their last smartphone.

55% youngsters think a powerbank is their most prized possession

Naturally, there is a rush to buy gadgets. About a third of both genders -- 32.9% men and 31.6% women -- say they rush out to buy whenever a new gadget comes out.

Career dreams to higher studies and more: India’s young wants to settle abroad

There is a clear weakening of sentiment towards India and it could be because of lack of job opportunities and gender equality. More than half of youngsters who responded to the Youth Survey said they would like to settle abroad.

Start-up bubble in India is going to burst soon? Here’s what the youth thinks

The young people do not seem to be fascinated anymore with the start-up revolution. The reason may be that the poster boys of Indian start-ups have not had a grand time of late, with valuations falling and layoffs becoming a reality.

HT Youth Survey: India’s young feel suffocated, want to break free

The battle of the youth against society rages on, as does the battle of generations. 84.1% of men in the HT Youth Survey say they want to rebel against society. Women are not far behind either: 80.8% say they want to break out and rebel.

Annual HT Youth Survey: Only Superman can save India now, say 50% youngsters

Considerably more than half of the young men and women in the HT-MaRS Youth Survey 2016 do not believe that India is their irrefutable homeland, and will be more than happy to live elsewhere.

Not meant to be life partners: What India’s youth feels about relationships

For the young, marriage is not a promise for life and cheating is permissible but family continue to be an anchor.

US Fed raises key interest rate: Why it is not a good news for India

The US Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates could not have come at a worse time for India especially because the statement says there will be more increases in 2017.

Trump’s visa talk, rising oil prices, falling IIP add to economic woes

Last year the seven largest Indian IT companies got nearly 15,000 of the 85,000 H1B visas approved by the US, more than any other country. A person can go to work in the US on this visa.

All hail the Bangalore Club: Protection has a new name

The way Sachin Bansal and Bhavish Aggarwal are asking for government backing against foreign companies, the poster boys of Indian startups sound like the businessmen of 1993.

HTLS 2016: Deepak Chopra predicts end of medicines, start of VR era

Deepak Chopra, known the world over as the mind and body healer who counts Oprah Winfrey, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian as friends, is trying to make medicines obsolete through technologies such as virtual reality (VR).

HTLS 2016: Demonetisation, GST instances of rapidly changing India, says Jaitley

Finance minister Arun Jaitley was delighted when asked at the 14th HT Leadership Summit on Friday whether the country had the appetite to absorb two big-bang reforms.

Akhilesh types a mystery: Who is this ‘typewriter’?

What everyone was asking at the HT Leadership summit on Friday, once Akhilesh Yadav stopped speaking, was: “Who is this typewriter?”

Demonetisation pangs will last for 3 months, but benefit India in long run: Jaitley

Trumped by Delhi as economic capital: Why Mumbai had it coming

Delhi is the seat of the government, its blessing and its curse. But that is lure enough for companies to flock to the city. The truth is that despite the removal of shackles on businesses, and the freedom from licences, companies need the government more, not less

Everywhere the light touches Paytm sees opportunity

The mobile wallet is seen as the biggest beneficiary of demonetisation, but founder and CEO Viay Shekhar Sharma says the opportunity comes at a cost

I could be doing a far less stressful job for far more money: Infosys CEO

Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka talks to HT on transforming Infosys, his wonderful relationship with the company’s fabled founders, and why he would rather do this job than any other despite the stress. Excerpts from an edited interview.

‘Wrote a pretty good bestseller’: In a world of desi commercial romantic fiction

In the world of desi commercial romantic fiction, you need to acquire fans more than readers. Authors must look good, because readers like to imagine the writers as protagonists of the stories

People shame you when you are ugly, and also when you are not: Nikita Singh

Author Nikita Singh feels people are prejudiced against good-looking writers

The inside story of how Tata strategy leader Nirmalya Kumar got fired

Globally respected professor of marketing says he was sacked in a minute.

‘Unsubstantiated claims, malicious allegations’: Tatas hit back at Cyrus Mistry

The Tata empire struck back as one at Cyrus Mistry on Thursday, using strong words to say the ousted chairman had departed from the “culture and ethos of the group” and made “unsubstantiated claims” and “malicious allegations” now that he was out.

Cyrus Mistry lost board’s confidence, allegations malicious: Tata Sons

The Tata Group said on Thursday Cyrus Mistry, the ousted chairman of parent Tata Sons Ltd, lost its board’s confidence due to a combination of several factors, adding that an e-mail he wrote to them was leaked “in an unseemly and undignified manner”.

Gloves off as Cyrus Mistry slams Ratan Tata in email, Sebi wades in

A fierce fight appeared to be brewing for control of the $103-billion Tata group with details of ousted chairman Cyrus Mistry’s email to the Tata Sons board tumbling out on Wednesday.

Was lack of planning behind Mistry’s unplanned exit from Tata Group?

Those who have worked with Ratan Tata talk of his love of a plan. His favourite question, often the first he asks, is: “What is the plan?”

Cyrus Mistry’s ‘vanished’ interview restored on Tata website

The removal of the in-house interview with Cyrus Mistry, conducted when he was chairman of Tata Sons, from the website of the group’s holding company was termed an “operational mistake” and was restored on Wednesday evening.

War of emails: Tata-Mistry clash over chairmanship reaches cyber space

The Tata Group has composed an email response to Cyrus Mistry’s email to the company’s board, two days after Mistry’s surprise ouster from the company.

No option, but to have 4 GST rates: Govt

The government believes there is no option for the country but to have four rates of the goods and services tax (GST), though in time it might look at reducing the number.

Cyrus Mistry removed as Tata Sons chief, Ratan Tata is interim chairman

Tata Sons on Monday removed Cyrus Mistry as its Chairman, about four years after he took over the reins of the over $100 billion salt-to-software conglomerate.