COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Political reforms, a must
There has never been a time in India without demand for reforms of every kind — economic, electoral, administrative, police, judicial, educational, labour. Even the Constitution has been subjected to ...
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WIDE CANVAS
The utility of corruption
It is the operation of the "level-playing field" concept that is the driving force behind the law-abiding economic players beginning to break the law and become corrupt. The campaign against corruption should, thus, be handled with care so that norma l economic activity is affected the least.
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Sensex may continue momentum amid volatality
Long-term investors may take fresh guard after booking profits
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
`Let pension funds be exposed to equity '
A good portion of FII money flowing into India is pension money: UTI chief
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ADR WATCH
IT majors decline; ICICI Bank hits new peak
The domestic and the US markets witnessed divergent trend last week. While the former maintained the winning momentum, US stocks snapped a five-week rally on worries that the economy may slow down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped below ...
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RANDOM WALK
Growing paradox
For too long has Kerala depended on the State apparatus to deliver its developmental needs. It is now time to explore public-private partnerships to take the State forward.
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CHAT
Prudent to book profits on any rally
Dotcom boom is perhaps back in place, thought Jogin, looking at the over-subscription statistics of recent IPOs. Sridevi studied with interest the details about the social security pact with Belgium. Dakshinamoorthy tried to extrapolate the ...
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EUROSCAPE
Europe gets serious on water management
Demand by citizens has led to the European Commission to take on water protection one of its priorities. The European Water Policy is thus, getting polluted waters clean again and ensuring that there is no further pollution. And in achieving these ob jectives, the European citizens and citizens' groups are actively involved.
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JOTTINGS
Encore Kolkata!
For some 30 years, Calcutta, to any observant eye, seemed to illustrate all that was dismal and disappointing about Indian capitalism, a metropolis forever awash in twilight grey, grime-ridden and poorly lit, with sad and tired faces looking at ...
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PEOPLE WISE
Discipline and the knowledge worker
Caught between the extremes of high initiative and high indiscipline, managers do not know which way to look. They are afraid that enforcing any form of disciplinary efforts may dampen the initiative and discretionary effort that they have come to de pend on in huge measure.
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