The Hindu Business Line : Monday, January 30, 2006

Political ingenuity
HOW can a country which gave zero to humankind be allowed to lag behind in political innovations? Indeed, politics in India has (or `have' as per old style of writing) been characterised by stunning ingenuity and sparkling originality. I am ... More

WIDE CANVAS

Saudi Arabia looks ahead
The Saudis have for long had a special relationship with the US. But that equation is about to undergo an alteration with China and India becoming the focal points of Riyadh's economic and political diplomacy. Why is this change being effected at thi s juncture? More

ON THE MOVE

Menace of overloading continues
THE Supreme Court has ordered that State Governments cannot allow trucks and other goods transport vehicles to carry excess weight on roads and highways. A Bench, comprising Justice A. Parsayat and Justice C. K. ... More

A RINGSIDE VIEW

Momentum vs political will
IN the 250th birth anniversary year of Mozart, Indian stock market is going to listen to fusion music of money, orchestrated both by the occident and the orient. So think many global money-minded think tanks. Whether Indian capital market hogs ... More

MUTUAL CONFIDENCE

Is this a dangerous period for ordinary investor?
A FRIEND in the investment advisory business, one who is lately directing clients' savings into equity MFs, claims that these are dangerous times for the ordinary investor. He dishes out his prime reason: All manners of investors are making ... More

RANDOM WALK

Kerala imperative at Davos
For Kerala, this year's World Economic Forum meet was special since it was the first time the State was making an official appearance. More

CHAT

Good morrow to you, here the street is narrow
Khan studied the timeline of ‘kilo jumps’ in the indices. Jogin took a deep breath thinking about Pfizer’s inhaler version of insulin. Dakshinamoorthy began reading about the steel industry. But Sridevi switched her TV to recording mode so as not ... More

JOTTINGS

Managing in real life
THE textbooks say that managing is a logical and systematic process and involves planning, controlling, forecasting, scheduling and so on. In practice, however, as Prof. Henry Mintzberg has long pointed out, the ... More

PEOPLE WISE

The value of experience
I WAS recently in Kodaikanal to organise a workshop. After the workshop, as I got into the car on my to Madurai, I was shocked to see that my driver looked all of 16! I asked him how old he was and if he had a licence. ... More

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