Pre Reforms and Post Reforms – A Historical Context. Dinesh K Kapila CGM (Retd) NABARD (Published in The Business Sandesh of 02/06/2026) The context for this are a series of conversations and interactions with young entrepreneurs and executives. I realized to them the structural reforms of the 1990s were more of a seamless continuation of the earlier decades. To effectively communicate th e major shift in concept, orientation and policy from the pre reform period to the y ounger generation, we have to move away move away from a dry macroeconomic mode and incorporate an element of storytelling backed by honest, bala...
Hair Salons ought to have Oldie Hours Dinesh K Kapila Now this suggestion is by experience. That hair salons or as we say hairdressers or barbers need to introduce ‘oldie hours’, like happy hours at bars. Believe me, it will work. Rather generate returns. Returns which they cannot calculate or even fathom as they are focused solely on the youngsters. As you well, mature and then mature more in terms of the years passing by, the thick crop of hair on the head starts to thin out. Tablets, lotions and oils really do not work. That slice of a moon which is your bald pate starts to be visible and then only increases, very stealthily. It just creeps up on you. This thinning on the pate reduces the need for prolonged long sittings for a hair cut. Fifteen minutes is all it takes. Therein lies the problem. I was sitting at a hair salon. Patiently. Requested to wait. Quietly looking around and observing the immense range of services being rendered, head massage, curls being straight...