The Hindu Business Line : Monday, June 27, 2005

Laurels from morals
IT IS all happening as if on cue — this sudden springing into action by authorities to rid society of the `pollution' of plunging necklines and rising hemlines, and to guard it from the unholy sight of swaying female bodies in bars and ... More

WIDE CANVAS

Will oil prices rise even higher?
For the average citizen, rising crude oil prices mean having to pay more for personal and public transport, as well as rise in inflation. Whether the rise in prices continues will depend on the real state of the supply-demand balance in the world cru de market and the perception on the part of stock-players of the way crude prices will behave in the world's financial markets. More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Indices may head north, thanks to funds from East
THE overseas fund flow dictated bullishness in the market last week as predicted in these columns. This week also the cash-driven upward trend in the indices is likely to continue in view of serious emerging Japanese interest in Indian ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Stay invested for decent lengths of time
TALK to fund managers or check out their views in the media and you will know for sure that many of them are cagey about the prospects of the equity market in the near term. Are the reasons for their apprehension quite real? Or are they based on ... More

ADR WATCH

Indian counters sink along with US market
THE rising global oil prices sent the US stocks into a tailspin on concern that it will cripple economic growth and corporate profits. According to Bloomberg, the US benchmarks posted a biggest weekly decline in more than two months; the ... More

VISION 2020

Cultural stumbling blocks to excellence
India's culture — social and political — is the stumbling block to setting up a world-class research university. For, this is elitist, and elitism raises the hackles of political leaders and self-appointed guardians of social ethics. Yet, the same people who condemn merit-based admissions to professional colleges want the most competent doctors to attend to their near and dear. This is a debilitating dichotomy, says P. V. Indiresan. More

ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED

Equations of happiness for a coherent public policy
HUMAN development is not merely about national incomes. It encompasses the environment in which people can develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accordance with their needs and interests, states http://hdr.undp.org ... More

RANDOM WALK

Kerala: Smoke and fury in the air
EVERY once in a while, usually coinciding with the peak tourist season, travel agents and tour operators in the State capital get into a tiffy over the alleged neglect of the Trivandrum International Airport, supposedly in favour of the Cochin ... More

CHAT

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams
Jogin went round a neighbourhood bull statue with a secret wish that he uttered for the umpteenth time. Sridevi emptied her lungs of all air to overfill a balloon and perform a burst test. Khan rewound in time as he sat reading a book on ... More

AMERICAN PERISCOPE

Facing up to demographic changes
THE problems arising from a `population explosion' with attendant fears of food shortages and slow growth is a serious issue afflicting the developing world. The developed world had managed to control their ... More

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