From his desk as the Commodities Editor at The Hindu Business Line, India’s most credible business daily, G. Chandrashekhar (as his byline reads) not only covers pulses, but also other commodity markets, including grains, cotton, sugar, oilseeds and oils, precious and base metals, and energy, as well as all matters associated with agriculture and agribusiness. His broad beat area gives him a big-picture perspective and allows him to put pulse market developments in the greater context.

G. Chandra Shekhar is speaking at the USDA Outlook Conference in Arlington, VA later this month. In my interview with Chandra, he speaks candidly about crop production in Indian, and cleaning up corruption and money hoarding. Just imagine taking the 10 and 20 dollar bills off the market in Canada.