The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 01, 2007

OFFHAND
Does Mahatma Gandhi matter?
It may sound like a blasphemous question to ask about someone hailed as the Father of the Nation, whose portrait hangs in every government office and court hall, whose picture is emblazoned on currency notes, whose statue in the familiar loin ... More

WIDE CANVAS
Relevance of India@60
India today is considered to be an important player in international affairs, which is not only a sign of its overall maturity but also an important signal that the ball has been set rolling and any backtracking now would inevitably spell disaster fo r the nation. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW
Northbound journey may continue
Institutional investments likely to continue More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Are we catching them young enough? ask fund houses
Investment programmes run on behalf of minors may well be kept simple More

ADR WATCH
HDFC Bank maintains rally
The Fed-driven optimism continued not only for the US markets but global market as well. The S&P 500 rose 0.1 per cent this week while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.6 per cent and the tech-focussed Nasdaq jumped 1.1 per ... More

VISION 2020
Panchayat kitchens, in lieu of PDS
To tackle corruption, consider a scheme in which panchayats are funded to run kitchens to supply idlis or chapattis on nominal payment or even free, says P. V. INDIRESAN. More

CHAT
Index march at Twenty 20 pace?
Jogin was computing the costs of business uncertainty caused by political dillydallying. Khan was extrapolating the ad revenues of T20 matches for the near term. Dakshinamoorthy was studying Gandhiji’s works to spot nuggets ... More

JOTTINGS
When reality strikes
As you read this, the State of Tamil Nadu could have been in the middle of yet another of those familiar sudden strikes that shut down normal everyday life, often with the tacit support of the Government and, of course, the ruling party. ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Gambling for public funds
Unfortunately, when you are close to a subject such as gambling, you are never too far from a moral slippery slope. The moral issues become stark when we see the impact of it among the poor who can ill-afford to spend their money gambling but seem un able to resist it. More

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