Writing Sample -- News & Business

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BUSINESS, ECONOMY & MARKETS

* Murdoch's media and South Sudan should waken SMEs in UK
Opinion piece for Business Wings, a London-based online magazine.

* Outside-in view of marketplace: Monitor Group masters go-to-market strategy
Exclusive marketing feature for Knowledge-At-SMU, the online management journal published by Singapore Management University and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

* In the Lap of Luxury: Top-end homes drive property boom in Singapore
Exclusive article for fDi Magazine, a Financial Times Business publication

* Ambitious Vision: Malaysia is bracing for the global game
Exclusive article for fDi Magazine, a Financial Times Business publication

* 'Stock market index will scale unprecedented heights'
Interview with P S Subramanyam, chairman, the Unit Trust of India

* Ramesh Chauhan, chairman, Parle Exports Limited

Business interview.

* Four-part interview with management guru and author Prof. Sumantra Ghoshal of the London Business School.

Business interview.

* Analysis of the unmaking of a dream corporate merger of Travel
Corporation India and Thomas Cook India.

Business news feature

* Power blackouts, unstable grids: India's shaky electricity apparatus
Special feature.

* Maharashtra grapples with Enron power project woes

News report.

* Craze for world-class business education among India's urban youth.

Business news feature

* Ranjan Pal, Executive Director, the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India.

Interview

* Ram Naik, India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister

Interview.

* Kirit Somaiya, president, Investors Grievances Forum

Interview.

* Neil McGregor, president and chief executive, Dabhol Power Company of Enron fame.

Interview.

* The 'Takeover Tycoon': Abhishek Dalmia of Renaissance Estates Limited.

Interview.

* Indian glorifies Pakistani beauties in Singapore!

Online business feature

* Dr Manu Seth, former MD, Tata Chemicals

Business interview.

*Shombit Sen Gupta, creator of the Emotional Surplus Identity concept

Business news feature.

* M S Banga, then chairman, Hindustan Lever (Indian arm of Unilever)

Business news feature.

* Anil Ambani, then MD, Reliance Industries

Business news report.

* S.S. Kelkar, Executive Director, Bombay Dyeing

Interview.

* Capt SP Varma and Capt KR Singh, Indian Pilots' Guild.

Interview.

* Indian state sees scope for jewellery exports

News analysis.

* Railways see scope for bridge projects in Southeast Asia

News report.

* Pubs add fizz to Indian beer biz. Part II

Business news feature.

* Pharma major IDPL's 8,500 staff look for revival | Part II
News analysis.

* Getting high on Scotch. Part II

Business news feature.

* Revival of a sick unit: Saga of Republic Forge Company. Part I | Part II

News analysis.

Tisco-VBC tie up to cut steel production costs

News report.

* Shaw Wallace to develop mega-mall in Bombay

News report.

Indian auto industry ready to join global league | Part II (interview) |

News report.

* Post-GATT ground fertile for agri and flower exports from India

News feature.

* 200 corporates to vie for Bombay bourse membership

News report.

* Quick returns attract major companies to real estate

News report.

* Sega, Aiwa set to hit Indian market with top products

News report.

* Yanks and Japs take turns at talking shop in India

News report.

* Spinning success from giant dreams

Profile of V.K. Sabharwal, whose business of amusement parks is going places.

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BANKING & FINANCE

* 'GTB will be a showpiece for the banking industry'

Interview (for The Sunday Observer) with Ramesh Gelli, Chairman, Global Trust Bank.

* Real-time coverage of India's federal Budget

Sample of conceptualisation and production of online editorial project.

* Preview of India's Budget 2001.
Quick comments from then India's Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, a few weeks before he presented the federal Budget.

* K V Kamath, MD and CEO, ICICI Bank

Interview

* Gary Wendt, then CEO, GE-Capital

Interview

* Aditya Puri, MD, HDFC Bank

Interview

* Ramesh Gelli, then chairman and MD, Global Trust Bank.

Interview (for rediff.com)

* Debadatta Sengupta, Chairman, General Insurance Corporation of India.

Interview.

* Deepak M Satwalekar, chairman and managing director, Housing Development Finance Corporation.

Interview.

* P S Shenoy, chairman, Bank of Baroda.

Interview.

* S. Gopalakrishnan, Chairman and MD, Vijaya Bank

Interview.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (I.T.) & TELECOM

* S Ramadorai, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Interview.

* S Rajendra Pawar, chairman, NIIT

Interview.

* IBM to challenge UNIX in India

News report.

* India's TCS battles bodyshopping court case in California

News report.

* Skanda Kumar, business development director, Origin IT

Interview.

* Toleti Raj, President and CEO, Cytura Corporation

Interview.

* Celebrated Indian telecom expert on the changing face of India's telecom industry.

Interview. (The interviewee shall remain anonymous here.)

* Kerala software dream nears becoming a reality

News report.

* Bank of India lays IT bogey to rest

News report.

* Medical institute man ventures for Vedic bytes

News report.

* Bar codes reflect Corporate India's IT thrust

News report.

* ECIL, Radiant in marketing tie-up for paging services

News report.

* ARM chief denies paying bribes to Communications Minister

News report.

* Telecom boom may lead to India's first private satellite

News report.

* Indotronix to launch movie software

News report.

* Railway institute to woo IT & telecom corporates

News report.

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SPORTS

* New - March 2016: Martin Crowe and the catch that stamped his commitment to cricket
Tribute to the departed genius from New Zealand

* Tiny Reign, Big Legacy: Kevin Pietersen's resignation as England cricket captain could prove a blessing in disguise for the game's aficionados.

Exclusive sports feature for The Star Green 'Un, a Saturday sports tabloid in Sheffield, UK.

* "I prefer Jaidip as Davis Cup team captain'

Interview with Akhthar Ali, India's best-known tennis coach.

* Were cricket matches in Sharjah fixed?

News report.

* 'We will try to make Ramesh play for India again'

Interview with Jaidip Mukherjea, captain of India's Davis Cup team.

* 'Playing chess is a tough business'

Interview with GrandMaster Viswanathan Anand.

* 'We've to look into future of Indian cricket, not in past'

Interview with Indian cricket captain Azharuddin.

* "We're normal human beings. Don't put us on a pedestal."
A feature on India's tennis ace Leander Paes.

* Bedade lived his moment of glory flipping TV channels

Sports feature.

* Beholding colour in 64 black-and-white squares

Sports feature.

* Beauty, brains and the big league

Sports feature on Indian tennis star Aarti Ponnappa.

* 'Coach Naresh Kumar scuttled my tennis career'

Sports interview with Davis Cup player Rohit Rajpal.

* Jack in theIndian cricket pack

Encounter with cricketer (now selector) Venkatapathy Raju.

* Recognition and rewards elude extraordinary women powerlifters

Sports feature.

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GENERAL NEWS

* Three news reports filed during the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft to Afghanistan.

Sample of online news coverage

* Ready-reckoner on insurance claims in the context of killer earthquake in western India.
Ready-reckoner on earthquakes.

Religious event Kumbh Mela turns controversial
News interview.

* Nuclear security is a concern for India

News report.

* Steps to check ageing of nuclear plants mooted

News report.

* Rats! It takes Rs.10 million to kill them

News report.

* Hope for Siberian cranes' survival in India

News feature.

* Remote sensing helps keep weather eye on vineyards

News report.

* Sensational arrest of P. V. Ranga Rao, eldest son of former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao

News report.

* Plan for anti-Pakistan media blitz in US by Indian group
News report.

* Power major Enron's unusual plans to export fruits from India

News report.

* Drive to draw India's child labourers to school

News feature (click the external link above and see the last article in the online compilation).

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MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Subhash Ghai, one of India's best-known film-makers, and Chairman, Mukta Arts.

Interview

Kiran Karnik, MD, Discovery channel (India)

Interview

R V Pandit, film producer, publisher, businessman and civic-conscious citizen

Interview

Rupert Gavin, CEO, BBC Worldwide

Interview

Hindujas to launch cable network, neighbourhood TV

News report.

Liquidity crunch savages Telugu movie industry

News analysis.

Gemini TV to expand telecast hours

News report.

ABCL to foray into AP entertainment market

News report.

Zee's ZICA set to herald Indian cartoon and animation film era

News report.

Tax issue raises cable TV networks' hackles

News report.

Hyderabad seen as India's film industry capital

News analysis.

MEN to train cable operators in channel management

News report.

Rupert Murdoch's STAR TV adopts regionalisation strategy

News report.

Plus Channel to enter Telugu language market

News report.

* AP film policy evokes good response
News report.

* ZICA to make India's first animation feature film

News report.

* AP film industry set to see a boom

News report.

* Spate of media ventures in AP

News report.

* Hi-tech Dolby systems finally come to Tollywood

News report.

* Local channels take on big TV labels

News report.

* ESPN row raises doubts about pay-TV future in India

News report.

* Chaotic hardware market upsets cable TV segment
News report.

* MOVIE REVIEW: Maya Memsaab (Hindi language movie)

* MOVIE REVIEW: Hum Hai Rahi Pyaae Ke (Hindi language movie)

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TRAVEL, TOURISM & HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

* Viceroy Hotel plans expansion
News report.

* '6-star' hotel rates pinch the corporate traveller
Business feature.

* Railways to build hotels for tourists

News report.

* Holiday Inn plans major foray into India
News report.

* Railways Minister prepares script to boost tourism

News analysis.

* Corporates eye tourism ventures in A.P. state

News report.

* Cool, cool travel spots to beat India's hot summer

News feature.

* A.P. state to finalise tourism policy

Preview of a developing story.

* Corporates step in to boost AP tourism
News report.

* Crawling tourism sector betrays AP's tall tales

News analysis.

* Ready-reckoner on Hyderabad for tourists

Online travel guide to the capital city of Andhra Pradesh

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HEALTHCARE, MEDICINE & PHARMACEUTICALS

* Ajay Piramal, Chairman and MD, Nicholas Piramal India Limited

Interview.

* Dr R A Mashelkar, secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.

Interview.

* Hardy bacteria may reverse medical gains
News report.

* Singapore's 'Food From The Heart' redefines charity
News feature for FFTH online newsletter.

* GATT and Indian pharma industry. | Part II |
Debate among Indian drug czars.

* Pharma major IDPL's 8,500 staff look for revival | Part II
News analysis.

* State healthcare sector's buzzword is corporatisation
News report.

* Consumer Protection Act keeps healthcare industry on toes
News report.

* Panel suggests new drug corporation for AP
News report.

* New firm to deal with biomedical waste
News report.

* Apollo eyes tie-up with Air-India
News report.

* CDR Hospitals ties up with US firm for emergency care
News report.

* Minimally invasive surgery technique successful
News report.

* Healthcare industry seeks core sector status
News report.

* Deposit schemes buoy healthcare sector
News report.

* Maharishi cult calls for shift from disease-care
News report.

* AIDS-epicentre Peddapuram pins hope on corporate hospitals
News report.

* Budget inspires healthcare firms to launch insurance companies
News report.

* Hyderabad wakes up to rising pollution levels
News report.

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TRANSPORT & RAILWAYS

* Shipping Corporation to buy 79 vessels

News report.

* Bombay Port floats vessel-safety project

News report.

* Traffic cops of air threaten strike

News report.

* ICLC makes special containers to transport fish

News report.

* Harvin to develop hi-tech headlamp for Indian Railways
News report.

* Railroad guage conversion row threatens economy

News report.

* Railways to build hotels for tourists

News report.

* Railways reject blame for economy-crippling urea shortage

News report.

* "Railways must not privatise telecom facilities"

Interview with chief executive (General Manager) of south-central zone of Indian Railways.

* Coal mine worker strike may upset Railways' plans

News report.

* Govt to modernize railway signal & telecom facilities

News report.

* Railways launch BOLT project

News reports.

* MNCs eye railway telecom projects

News report.

* Railways Minister prepares script to boost tourism

News analysis.

* Railways see scope for bridge projects in Southeast Asia

News report.

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COMMODITIES / JUTE

* Jute and handicrafts prove formidable combination

News report.

* Jute yarn bank to be set up in AP

News report.

* New technology raises hopes of jute sector

News report.

* High sales tax spawns illegal jute goods trade

News report.

* Packaging Act not crucial for A.P. jute sector survival

News report.

* Labour unrest unsettles jute industry
News report.

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POLITICS

* Manmohan Singh defends economic reforms

News report.

* Arun Shourie, India's minister for divestment (2000-2004)

Exclusive interview. Part I | Part II

* Travelling with the Prime Minister
Diary of the tour of Italy and Portugal for India-EU Summit.

* A visit to the hometown of India's Prime Minister. For Part II, click here.

Exclusive feature article.

* P. Chidambaram, India's (former) finance minister

Exclusive post-Budget interview. | Part II |

* News reports filed from Italy, Portugal and Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee's aircraft.

Online news reports

* G.M.C. Balayogi, Speaker, Lok Sabha (India's lower house of Parliament)

First exclusive post-election media interview.

* Venkaiah Naidu, Rural Development Minister, (now president of the ruling BJP).

Interview.

* Sir Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritius Prime Minister

Interview.

* Larry Pressler, former US senator and India-watcher

Interview.

* Vilasrao Deshmukh, chief minister of Maharashtra state

Interview.

* When Viceroy Hotel hosted the palace intrigue

News feature.

* Nalgonda a base in India for Pakistan's ISI, says BJP

News report.

* A wasteful gimmick by Andhra Pradesh government

Commentary.

* "I don't think people want us to enter politics."
Conversation with the Shankaracharya of Sringeri, the spiritual master.

* NTR's cavalier attitude may have contributed to his death?

News report.

* States nurse toothless Lok Pal tiger | Part II

Special report.

* Women in Indian politics -- are they really a force?

Special report.

* "Party led by NTR's widow will emerge stronger"

Interview with NTR's son-in-law Dr. D. Venkateswara Rao.

* BJP lamely gives in to Prime Minister in Nandyal
Pre-election parliamentary constituency analysis.

* Rao's son livens up fight for Secunderabad seat
Pre-election parliamentary constituency analysis.

* Tension fills TDP internal politics
News report.

* The politics of railways in tourism sector
News analysis.

* State wants federal government to permit own FM broadcast
News analysis.

* Reservations: Should they continue?| Part II
Magazine cover story on community-based quotas for jobs and education in India.

* Riotous Repercussions To Reservations | Part II
Magazine cover story.

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