The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, June 09, 2009

OPINION

EDITORIAL: Pushing infrastructure
A couple of days ago, Mr George Soros was asked on a TV show what would be the one piece of advice he would give the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh. Unhesitatingly, Mr Soros said, “build up your infrastructure”. Pedants may argue ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Obama overdoes ‘good guy’ bit
I am getting to be a little concerned about the US President, Mr Barack Obama’s public postures. He seems over-eager to play the good guy with becoming modesty and humility to rub out the image of the US as an arrogant ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Obama’s Cairo speech: Too little, too late?
When the US President, Mr Barack Obama, came calling on the Islamic world during his now famous Cairo speech, seeking “a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and ...

AGRICULTURE: How strong is dollar-commodities link?
One of the most enduring perceptions in global markets is about the inverse relationship between the US dollar and commodity prices. In fact, such an inverse relationship and of the causation – running from the dollar to commodities — ...

AGRICULTURE: NGOs in agriculture
In the article ‘NGOs in agriculture’ (Business Line, May 5), the author has bracketed all agricultural NGOs as dishonest, anti-market and anti-technology. Such a view is unfair and uncalled for. The ground realities ...

LETTERS: Healing the planet
The article “Nature cure for an ailing planet” (Business Line, June 5) was interesting and brought out solutions that are economically and ecologically viable. Before we get into the economics, one has to ...

LETTERS: The real problem
This refers to the article “India’s real problem” (Business Line, June 4). Our main national problem is the Government and its machinery and a well-entrenched mafia. Even the electronic media, which is ...

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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