Photo: Jason Eppink, CC BY-2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Most of the world recognizes May 1 — May Day — as International Workers’ Day. Here in one of the few countries that doesn’t, it’s…
All Projects
This 2018 audit of poverty, systemic racism, militarism, and environmental devastation in the United States was co-edited by me at the Institute for Policy Studies…
Photo: flickr user slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Flash back to mid-2011. The Financial Crisis was less than three years in the past. Occupy Wall Street had yet to take over the Financial…
Photo: Culturestr/ke
This May marked the 25th anniversary of the passing of author and political activist C.L.R. James. Well known for his novels as well as his…
Peering over her glasses and bearing a stoical smile, Girija Bhan doesn’t look like the impulsive sort. Her serene countenance doesn’t tell the whole story,…
Photo: Manjunath Beleri, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, cropped from original
Lemon Tree Hotels chain’s “Senior Food Critic” and “Company Mascot” is Sparky—a dog. “She adds to our brand—she’s fun, energetic,” says Patu Keswani, chairman and…
Photo: Richter Frank-Jurgen / CC BY-SA, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Bharat Hotels Ltd, owner of the Grand hotel chain, plans to double the number of hotels it runs to 14 without the backing of the…
Photo: QuartierLatin1968 / CC BY-SA (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
Indian Hotels Co. Ltd (IHCL), the owner of the Taj Group of Hotels, said it would seek to increase the number of hotels it is…
In several major tourist and business destinations in the country, hotel occupancy rates stabilized or even dropped in fiscal 2007 after five consecutive years of…