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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The government’s reluctance to elevate Saurabh Kirpal as India’s first queer judge puts the focus back on how the LGBTQ+ community has a hard time asserting itself in legal circles.
In her initial years as an advocate in Nagpur, K got acquainted with a young female lawyer, whom we’ll call P. Like K, P identifies as bisexual. But unlike K, P has been open about it.
“With time, I saw her sexual identity become bigger than her professional one,” K recalls. “Straight women looked at her as ‘I hope she doesn’t crush on me’; straight men would look at her in an oversexualized way.”
K had spent a few years in New Delhi before she moved to Nagpur. Back in Delhi, she was open about her sexual identity. In Nagpur, …
India’s second-largest brokerage by active clients wants to handle IPOs as a merchant banker. But gaining a foothold in the highly competitive sector is easier said than done.
Influence cannot be manufactured through diaspora networks, carefully branded events or political donations. It requires honesty and credibility.
Chinese diplomats to India are saying all the right things for Indian ears, but Beijing’s policy actions are moving in the opposite direction.
