The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, January 22, 2004

EDITORIAL
A rich harvest
NEVER BEFORE HAVE the country's policymakers bestowed so much attention on agriculture and agri-business as they are doing now. Tuesday's Cabinet decision — latest in the series of announcements since the beginning of the year — to ... More

ECONOMY
A relook at the blueprints for independent India
The Second Five-Year Plan inspired many alternative blueprints that represented ideologies of the early 1950s. Of the many different strategies outlined, P. R. Brahmananda's creative analytical alternative embodied the market philosophy, reflecting a s it did his concern not only about low growth but also about the widespread poverty and unemployment. A. Vasudevan pays tribute to the economist-visionary, who passed away a year ago. More

POLITICS
Is freedom an American prerogative?
In bombast typical of the State-of-the-Union address, President Bush sent out the signal that he is out to reform not only the Americans who don't toe the line but also the whole world. More

EVENTS
It's Davos-time, again!
WHERE is Davos? Who goes there? What do they do? And, what happens there? These are question in the minds of CEOs of most progressive, growth-oriented companies. Many of them aspire. Most of them are confused. Some ... More

LETTERS

Commercial borrowings

Defence deal

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