Mehul Srivastava

Recent Articles by Mehul Srivastava

October 20, 2011

In India, Whistle-Blowers Pay with Their Lives

The country’s Right to Information Act has had a powerful impact but has prompted a lethal backlash

September 8, 2011

Qualcomm Rewires for India

The chipmaker wants a sub-$100 smartphone for the world’s second-largest mobile market

September 1, 2011

A Hunger Striker Takes on India’s Government

Anna Hazare wins backing for an ambitious anti-corruption plan

July 21, 2011

You’ve Got Mail … and It’s from India's PM

India’s state workers shun the official e-mail system in favor of free accounts like Gmail and Hotmail

June 9, 2011

India's Powerful Can't Escape Jail

Billionaire Shahid Balwa, the former managing director of Mumbai-based DB Realty, is accused of manipulating a government sale of mobile-phone spectrum. In custody ...

April 13, 2011

Rajat Gupta's Tragic Ambition

Jurors weighing the insider-trading case against Raj Rajaratnam in a Manhattan federal courtroom are hearing plenty about Rajat Gupta, the former head of McKinsey. ...

March 2, 2011

Keeping Women on the Job in India

When Preethi Mohan Rao quit her job following the birth of her first child in 2006, the 28-year-old tax professional thought she might be putting her career on hold ...

February 16, 2011

Indian Tycoon Anil Ambani Takes a Tumble

(Corrects to add the consolidated earnings of Reliance Infrastructure group in the 19th paragraph of story published Feb. 17.) Three years ago, when Anil Ambani ranked...

January 12, 2011

Why India Is Rethinking Its Labor Laws

Surrounded by humming sewing machines and gossiping women, Nazia Begum stitches a gauzy black frill onto a C-cup brassiere in a factory in Muzaffarpur, about three ...

December 1, 2010

Philippine Call Centers Overtake India

For the past decade, Americans dialing customer service have stood a strong chance of being connected to someone in India. Now they're more likely to end up phoning ...