The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 22, 2009

OPINION

POLITICS: Hopes centering around Rahul
Judging by all that one sees and hears of Mr Rahul Gandhi, his public utterances, and the way he reaches out to the people and comports himself in Parliament and outside, he certainly stands out as an emerging politician who is not only ...

ECONOMY: Reform expectations from Team Manmohan
The Indian electorate has proved to be more mature and sophisticated than hitherto given credit for in returning to power the erstwhile ruling coalition. It has voted for continuity and stability, not radicalisation or fragmentation. In the ...

POLITICS: Anti-incumbency on the wane?
The results of the general election and accompanying state elections in Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Sikkim would seem to have put anti-incumbency theorists in a bit of a spot. The Congress polled 28.55 per cent of the votes in this ...

RAILWAYS: Taking the moolah track
The Railways is the ultimate milch cow and an ideal vehicle for winning friends and influencing people. With its separate annual budget of over Rs 50,000 crore not many politicians would miss the opportunity to lord over the Ministry from the ...

EDITORIAL: Agriculture agenda
The new UPA Government faces huge challenges in fiscal and monetary management, employment generation, boosting foreign trade, health and education, infrastructure development and a host of other critical issues that have to be dealt with a sense ...

ECONOMY: Economic priorities for the new government
The new political configuration has a clear mandate, and it is essential that basic principles of good governance and sound and transparent macroeconomic policies are not sacrificed at the altar of political expediency. It would be useful to ...

LETTERS: Tackling terrorism
This is with reference to the article ‘Memories from a violent ethnic conflict’ (Business Line, May 21). The plight of innocent civil Tamil families is tragic and heart-rending. Caught between the LTTE and the ...

LETTERS: Govt must deliver
The real challenge for the government begins now. With greater awareness among the youth of the country, this government has to deliver whatever it promised. India, being predominantly agricultural, should not forget to strengthen the ...

Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrashekhar • S Murlidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranabir Ray Choudhury • Rasheeda Bhagat • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh • S Venkitaramanan

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