American Periscope
Dealing with e-mail
HERE is a New Year resolution you can make right now: Stop the scourge of e-mail! Every one of us needs to do his or her bit to control this epidemic. Have you not realised how it has begun to dominate your life?
Economy
Realistic expectations best for optimism in 2002
PERHAPS, the traditional good feeling that one has towards the end of the year as the festive season approaches got the better of my cautious instincts. I had prophesied that the correction in the US market was nearly over, that the situation in Japan wa
s so dire that it would force the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to aggressively ease monetary expansion and that the Nikkei would see a trough at around 14,000.
Editorial
Argentinian lessons
THE COLLAPSE OF Argentina's Government led by the President, Mr Fernando de la Rua, has an important message for the developing world: Messing up a national economy beyond a point can lead to abrupt loss of political power.
Information Technology
Continued neglect
THE NASSCOM and the Computer Society of India (CSI) have been paying scant attention to a growing virus that, in course of time, may eat into the prospects of the ICE industry in this country and dash to the ground all hopes of the projected exports and
even the credibility of Indias claims regarding quality and reliability.
Politics
Terrorist attack on Parliament thwarted, but.... What about demolition from within?
THE NATION cannot be too grateful to those belonging to the Central Reserve Police Force, the Delhi Police and the Watch and Ward of Parliament House who laid down their lives without a moments hesitation in order to save the symbol and citadel of Indias
democracy from cataclysmic disaster of a scale and magnitude too mind-boggling to mention.
Power
Aftershocks from Enron's collapse
FOR THE last few years, Enron Corporation has been in the centre-stage of Indias financial news. The future of Dabhol Power Corporation is in doubt, with suitors for its assets still unsure of its revival prospects. The legal complexities of the Dabhol P
ower Corporation have taken on yet another dimension with the parent company, Enron, filing for bankruptcy.
Travel & Places
How to delight the tourist
SEMINARS, conventions, papers, and forums on the topic of leveraging India's tourism potential abound.
