This new venture will aim to meet the growing demand in that region for accurate and insightful business journalism - both in terms of covering Indian business, as well connecting the dots between India and the rest of the business world.

I fought for everything I ever got in the journalism business, and I'm proud of what I did. But I'm ashamed of the business, too.

And I really believe good journalism is good business.

I think the business of journalism is in a very desperate strait right now. And that might be the best thing for it.

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

Russians will consume marinated mushrooms and vodka, salted herring and vodka, smoked salmon and vodka, salami and vodka, caviar on brown bread and vodka, pickled cucumbers and vodka, cold tongue and vodka, red beet salad and vodka, scallions and vodka-anything and everything and vodka.