Sanjeev Sanyal, member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, discusses Indian corporate insolvency and the distinction between commercial failure and financial crime.
Opinion
Post-decline Kolkata has failed to produce figures like Tagore or Bose
“It is also the case that Kolkata has never produced again, somebody of the caliber of Satyajit Ray, or Ravidnath Tagore, or Swami Vivekanand, or Netaji Subhash Bose, or Sri Aurobindo, or Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, or any number of other names I can give yo…”
Assertion Contradicted
Western agencies funded India's first ultrasound imports to curb population growth
“They basically, these whole bunch of these Rockefeller, Ford, even some UN agencies were involved in this, and they basically imported with their funding ultrasound machines. And they basically said that, look, this is great. Why don't you allow parents to act…”
Opinion
Sanyal: EU-style risk-tier regulation for AI is guaranteed to fail
“So this idea of trying to put you know, levels of risk badges on AI is, in my view, a waste of time at hundred percent going to fail.”
Opinion
Sanyal: Anti-business state policies caused Kolkata's economic decline from Asian powerhouse
“A large part of it was domestic policies of the state. There was a demonization of entrepreneurship, business, and risk taking. And not surprisingly through the seventies, eighties and nineties business systematically left Kolkata so much so that it is not a s…”
Opinion
Sanyal: Too many young Indians waste energy attempting the UPSC exam
“My views on UPSC and the fact that I think that too many young people are spending too much of energy trying to crack that one tiny exam you know, you can agree, you can disagree, but I think it's a good thing that there is a national debate on something that …”
Disclosure
Building highways and the Ayodhya temple share a unified civilizational agenda
“In the end, I'm trying to rebuild a civilization. I'm not building just an economy. The economy is a part of it, but the overall purpose is rebuilding the civilization. So building a highway and rebuilding the Ayodhya temple are a part of the same agenda, and …”