Bosses and individuals often negotiate on an as-needed basis using the performance-for- flexibility chit system

The theme of this week’s Open Coffee Club was start-up co-founders, and how they can actually make or break a start-up

Sixty in Sixty is a special series that we ran through 2007, the 60th anniversary of India’s independence. We introduced our readers to 60 Indians,both here and abroad, who are not rich or famous. As Mint celebrates its first anniversary, we present a compilation of all those we profiled, with a brief narration of what each of them has been trying to achieve