OPINION
FOREIGN RELATIONS
PM sets the real pace
The Prime Minister is a person who not only knows where he is going but has the courage to proclaim his convictions and the decisiveness to do what he regards as imperative to take the nation forward to its rightful destiny. He is not a conventional politician obliged to pander to a vote bank. The office he holds was not of his making or seeking, and he accepted it because he saw an opportunity for placing his knowledge and experience at the nation's service. B. S. Raghavan on an asserti ve Prime Minister.
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It's literally fishing in troubled waters
IN recent weeks, there have been reports of Indian fishermen getting arrested for crossing the maritime borders of neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and Sri Lanka and even from as far away as Oman in the Gulf region. Some of them belong to ...
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KERALA
Lurid news, libidinous ads
IT IS steaming hot in Kerala these days and it is not because of the weather. Competing with `hartals' for headline space are sex scandals of various hues. With one sex scandal after the other tumbling out of the State ...
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OUTSOURCING
Outsourcing: Win-win for all
IN THE post-WTO (World Trade Organisation) era, trade barriers are falling as member-nations open out to free market. Goods and services have started moving from one nation to another more freely. With ever faster ...
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EDITORIAL
Market on the move
AS EQUITY PRICES move up towards the record highs that were set early this year, higher input and financing costs are casting a shadow on corporate profitability from the second half of 2004-05. The optimism generated by the bullish phase of the ...
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ECONOMY
Religion Census: A faithful count
THE recent debate on growth of the population of the various religious groups has somewhat overshadowed the valuable data generated by the Census of India on these groups. It is necessary, at this stage, to place the ...
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Unctad's Trade and Development Report — Balancing national welfare and world integration
A fundamental question, according to Unctad, is how to marry national development strategies and global processes and disciplines, as well as bring policy coherence among and within the various sectors of the world economy that impact the development prospects of the developing countries.
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Trouble with sustainability
IT IS all too common for discussions on sustainability to focus entirely on how to make our resource consumption more efficient, and very little on how people can work and earn a living without destroying the world. ...
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LETTERS
Dollar rise
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