The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 19, 2007

OFFHAND
Police reforms
The Supreme Court judgment of September 22, 2006, has sparked a national debate on police reforms aimed at removing any scope of political or other extraneous interference and influence in discharging its ... More

ON THE MOVE
As road becomes costly, RINL switches to the sea-lane
Steel Product Movement More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
The gravy train labours to a halt...
... as negative mood, global linkages prove to be market's undoing More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
No news may be good news
It's safer to rely on pattern forecasts than specific ones on factors impacting markets More

VISION 2020
Making cities of villages
What slums need most is a halt to further immigration. What villagers need most are export-oriented programmes such as SEZs. Neither will happen until villages get urban amenities and become as attractive as the cities. The solution to the three prob lems is PURA, says P. V. INDIRESAN. More

SAY CHEEK
Are the wealthy, healthy, and happy more likely to marry?
Family is a familiar word. Only, it has been changing. "The theory of the family as originally developed was a theory of household formation rather than a theory of legal marriage," write two Wharton economists, Betsey Stevenson and Justin ... More

RANDOM WALK
Special region, special solutions
Plans for the revival of the Kuttanad wetland region should be welcome as it is not only a highly productive ecosystem and source of biodiversity but also a symbol of the State's social and cultural vibrancy. More

CHAT
Learn how not to lose a winning match
Khan was watching top favourites on YouTube. Dakshinamoorthy was trying to decipher what Greenspan has been saying of late. Sridevi was charting over a timeline the interest rate changes in China... Till Jogin woke up to remind them all about ... More

JOTTINGS
Entering the business New Year
A column of comment on current events faces an awkward choice. It can deal with one of two extremes of the human condition: The temporary and trivial or the tragically calamitous, with very little in between. One can write either about ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Can students mark up India's education system?
The usual letters I get in response to this column deal with the content of what I have to say. But this one was different. It did not have any comment on what I had written about but was a plaintive call for help. "We are students of Master of ... More

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