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Madhusheel Arora

Madhusheel Arora is a chief copy editor. He anchors and edits for the Chandigarh news desk of Hindustan Times.

Articles by Madhusheel Arora

Capital talk: Of value and service

What is business is a fundamental question that has troubled us all since times immemorial? Here’s what could be a possible explanation that might lead to an answer using the concept of value.

Updated on Apr 13, 2015 07:31 PM IST
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Captial talk: Long-term or break-neck speed

There are two broad theories of economic policy that can lead to growth - the trickle-down theory and the direct subsidy approach. In the trickle-down approach, the economic circle is expanded by investing in creating projects that have long-term value and do not fall in the trap of the populist direct subsidy approach. This path is considered far better, but is slower.Writes Madhusheel Arora

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Updated on Apr 01, 2015 04:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Capital Talk: The circle of money

The dictionary defines economy as a system by which a country’s goods and services are produced and used. The patterns in which resources (primarily money) move through the cycle define the state and type of the economy. A recent headline in newspapers has been ‘Bank loans to get cheaper’.

Updated on Mar 15, 2015 09:56 AM IST
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Behind the fashion

Shopping for readymade clothes is an experience most of us look forward to. As the economy has exploded, readymade is actually the in-thing, though bespoke has retained its niche share for those wanting that perfect cut to their suits and wedding dresses.

Updated on Feb 15, 2015 11:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Lugging it right

Ever considered what luggage to carry when travelling? If you are like most residents of the tricity, you would love to be seen with a suitcase of one of the leading brands in luggage manufacturing and retailing, even though the Rs 5,000-crore organised industry itself is dominated by the unorganised segment.

Updated on Feb 01, 2015 09:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Security as way of life

In the Southern sector of Chandigarh I live in, some of the residents have decided to carry out a survey on installation of gates on roads at major entry and exit points. The questionnaire asks residents whether they will pay up for gates when these will come up.

Updated on Jan 18, 2015 10:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Logging on right

The internet is magic for most of us, with unlimited mobile information, images and videos available on the click of a button. In 2014, the heads of almost all major corporations (Facebook, Amazon et al) that have internet as a ‘major raw material’ in their business plans visited India and impressed upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi that going digital was the way to go and there were suggestions that internet access is, in fact, a human right. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Apr 06, 2015 01:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Apprentice learning

Recently, an acquaintance’s eight-year-old daughter celebrated her birthday in school and the family decided to take toffees packed in transparent, small packets to class. Of course, they bought the savouries from the most expensive shop in town.Writes Madhusheel Arora

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Updated on Dec 20, 2014 10:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Thinking smart cities

Is Chandigarh a smart city and what is implied by this most-used phrase in the context of cities over the past six months or so? The single most important criterion emerging out of the public discourse on the issue is that increased energy-efficiency is critical to smartness. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Dec 07, 2014 09:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Riding in better policy

Transport is one of the fundamental requirements of business and the recent strike by diesel-run auto operators needs to be taken as a warning. Over 10,000 operators and drivers paralysed life for the relatively poorer populace of the tricity for over five days, before the administration did a volte-face and allowed 5,500 of these diesel-run autos to run in Chandigarh till March 31, 2015. Writes Madhusheel Arora

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Updated on Nov 23, 2014 10:33 AM IST
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Unlocking the IIM door

The Common Admission Test (CAT) 2014 for entry to the hallowed portals of Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) and other top business schools starts next Sunday. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Nov 09, 2014 08:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Reading on the balance

What adds value to a book? The content should top the list, followed by paper quality etc. However, with reading habits changing fast in an increasingly virtual world, the business of selling books is in a state of flux. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Oct 26, 2014 07:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Way of shopping that could bridge offline online divide

Wonder how many of us remember the traditional art of bargaining or price comparison as we hunt for the best deal. As technology invades all aspects our lives and shopping too gone increasingly online, it could make sense to use the same technology support for a better shopping experience, irrespective of whether it is online or offline (traditional brick and mortar roles).

Updated on Oct 15, 2014 07:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

The web of business

Information and money are the two building blocks of the modern business world and in the interconnected world of today; it is unquestionable that the importance of these two variables is only set to rise. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Oct 12, 2014 11:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Of travel through apps

Transport and technology are intimately connected. The invention of the wheel was the first step in our travels, besides the good old feet, and since then we have even moved on to the red planet, Mars. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Sep 28, 2014 01:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

The perfect business plan

A recurring observation in the tricity is that setting up a business for their sons and daughters is a prime worry for the city’s retired officer-elite. A question often posed is: “Which business offers the most margins at the least effort? We have this-and-this property in …(and so on)." Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Sep 14, 2014 12:42 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Small change, big signal

‘Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves’: this American proverb apparently does not apply to the conduct of monetary transactions in the tricity, at least where loose change has to be returned and accepted. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Aug 31, 2014 11:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

On shortage of ‘change’

After a recent meal at a club, I came across a phenomenon that had been on the back of my mind for some time. The issue of the shortage of loose change and whether it is deliberate or unavoidable. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Aug 17, 2014 09:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Beware of discounted offs

The sale season is upon us. We are bombarded with persistent, fancy exhortations to splurge at the shops in the city square and other sectors. A pretty good deal, one would presume, but a ‘sharp’ business practice could sour the mood. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Aug 03, 2014 10:50 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Quenching thirst for purity

My late grandmother used to say that she enjoyed drinking water straight from the tap, as it gave her a feeling of abundance and purity. Cut to 2014 and you are unlikely to find anyone that would find merit in this argument. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Jul 20, 2014 09:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Going cashless whole hog

“A business that makes nothing but money is condemned to remain poor,” said Henry Ford. One does not necessarily have to agree with Ford to understand that all business, at the end of the day, has to have a philosophical core that goes beyond making money and the everyday exigencies of earning a livelihood. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Jul 06, 2014 09:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Table for two: Earthy tips

A new advertisement of a detergent shows a young woman about to take her mother and herself to a treat at a five-star hotel only to be faced with disparaging remarks about her sense of dressing. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on Jun 22, 2014 09:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Take flight with a solid career option in aviation

Have you ever wondered how and why can ingenuity of thousands of humans come together to ensure that a plane weighing around 4 lakh kg stays in the air and take you around the world in hours?

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Updated on Jun 21, 2014 10:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Hale and hearty at home

“First, you earn money at the cost of health, later you try and get the verve back at the cost of money,” goes a proverb. Perfect health, the most elusive of human dreams, has spawned many businesses. Take a look around, you would be peddled variations of the nirvana in the form of sugar-free sweeteners, gyms, sports equipment makers, aloe-vera makers et al. Madhusheel Arora writes

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Updated on Jun 08, 2014 08:25 AM IST
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Immortal on the internet?

Internet has had an eventful 40 years or so, since its origins as a simple effort to get two computers to send messages to each other. As an application of the science of waves and continued improvement over radio. Writes Madhusheel Arora.

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Updated on May 25, 2014 09:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Lessons from NSEL fiasco

The recent arrest of the chair man of Financial Technolo gies India Ltd, t he operator of National Spot Exchange Limited ( NSEL), Jignesh Shah, has sharpened focus on the sophisticated end of the business dynamic. This has been an issue that came to the fore in August last year, but the only thing a layman has understood is that this was an alleged financial fraud of Rs 5,600 crore. Madhusheel Arora writes

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Updated on May 13, 2014 01:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh

Educative business model

Internet is an interconnected network of networks that has transformed lives over the years, making it simpler, efficient, easy and convenient to communicate information and thoughts across geographies at the click of a button. Businesses were slow to pick up the potential uses of the internet for trading. Madhusheel Arora writes

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Updated on May 11, 2014 10:33 AM IST
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Getting that glass of milk

Nothing perhaps satiates our appetite more than milk, the universal food across cultures. Have you ever wondered what it takes for that cold or hot glass of the fulfilling drink to end up at our table? Here’s a snapshot of the dairy business in the region, with only milk as the peg, though the business does have several side-products like butter, ghee and others. Madhusheel Arora writes

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Updated on Apr 27, 2014 09:41 AM IST
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Route to the mystery drug

There are happy and interesting coincidences to discover when you start researching. The recent acquisition of Ranbaxy by Sun Pharmaceuticals for $4-billion (around 24,000 crore) afforded me one such mystery. Madhusheel Arora writes

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Updated on Apr 13, 2014 11:27 AM IST
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‘Scaling up is not always good for business’

Creating a new service and running operations profitably remains the quintessential challenge for all businesses, especially when it is in as subjective a field as education. YOUREKA Campouts Private Limited, a Delhi-based company, claims that nature is the biggest educator especially when arguably most of our children are losing touch with natural surroundings and intense physical activity. Madhusheel Arora interviews Ronny Gulati.

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Updated on Apr 08, 2014 03:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh
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