Mahesh Peri
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New Delhi, DL, India
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I Supported Demonetisation At First. My Patriotism Made Me Change My Mind
I have been repeatedly asked if I am against demonetisation. Like many of you, I supported demonetisation on Day 1. It was a bold step by a Prime Minister whose financial integrity is not in question.... → Read More
India Deserves Straight Answers To These 15 Questions About Demonetisation
In the past fortnight, I've read newspapers, watched TV and looked for informed debates based on data and facts. Frustratingly enough, the debates were uniformed and the more pertinent questions were... → Read More
Having Faced More Than 100 Defamation Cases, Here's An Appeal
Time to decriminalise defamation laws. → Read More
How To Reduce The Cost Of Education And Ease The Burden Of Student Loans
Incentivise investment in education. → Read More
How To Make The Indian Education System Transparent, Easy And Devoid Of Fraud
Creating databases would be the first step. → Read More
Ten Ways To Make Teaching A Respected And Aspirational Profession
If we want to chart a new path for India and its youth, it must start with teachers. → Read More
5 Ways Of Reviving Engineering Education And Creating More Jobs For Engineers In India
In 15 years, the intake into institutions has increased fivefold but jobs have reduced by 10%. → Read More
Facebook Is Not A Charity, And Nothing Is For Free
Facebook's endeavour in India is about control. This is about being the gatekeeper. To dress it up as charity is a lie. To mislead us is a fraud. FB is a company and they will not be allowed to do anything for "charity" that doesn't have benefits for the company. If indeed it is charity, let them declare it in an SEC filing on NASDAQ, allocate funds for it and face Wall Street. → Read More
Hit And Miss: How A Combative 'Guardian' Correspondent Lost A Chance To Get Answers From Modi
The Guardian correspondent lost a chance to leave a lasting impact. He chose self over duty, personal biases over professional standards, bile over thoughtfulness and frittered away the chance to leave a lasting impact. His basic instinct won and The Guardian readers lost. If I were the editor, I would sack him for the lost opportunity! → Read More
Using Google To Market Your Brand? Get Your Math Right!
There are many myths propagated about digital marketing and Google is the biggest beneficiary. Every marketeer must evaluate Google against niche portals, using parameters such as periodicity, tenure, keywords etc. Here are just three illustrations that dismantle the myth of better ROI on Google Adwords. → Read More
Here's What We Can Really Do For Our Teachers: A 10-Point Plan For The PM
There is no nobler profession than teaching. Teachers shape our minds, show a path, impart wisdom. A country that doesn't make teaching a respectable profession has a bleak future. And now that Teacher's Day has been celebrated, we need to ask: Have we done enough for our teachers? Here is my cheat sheet on what we can do for them. To follow it will need will, conviction, empathy and, most… → Read More