Professor Hari Bapuji

Professor Hari Bapuji

Professor, Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne

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Arts & Culture

Understanding modern attacks on Gandhi

Statues of Indian independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi, have been vandalised or removed around the world – but why does his likeness face attacks today?

Politics & Society

Caste and cricket: How celebrities enable inequality

India’s caste system is a millennia old hierarchy that has helped to create deep inequalities. Celebrities who flaunt their caste identity can end up further promoting and enabling this inequality

Business & Economics

The toxic spread of COVID-19 racism

While the world grapples with COVID-19, reports of racism and racist attacks are on the rise worldwide. Everyone has a role to bring communities together instead of focusing on our differences

Business & Economics

When a Tweet met with a roar

Twitter faced a massive backlash in India, highlighting how big business must be culturally aware in global markets. And in India, this means understanding the banned caste system

Business & Economics

Don’t blame inequality just on the ‘Fat Cats’

CEO salaries are often highlighted as an example of widening income inequality, but that singular focus misses the other equally important ways big business fails to contribute to a fairer society