The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 12, 2009

OPINION

POLITICS: And now, for the final act
We have come to the end of our dance of democracy. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi dashed to Tamil Nadu to soothe the ruffled feathers of the DMK chief, Mr M. Karunanidhi, after Congress General-Secretary ...

ECONOMY: Singapore’s core booster
With the global economic downturn threatening Singapore’s trade-based economy, the city-State has singled out infrastructure spending as one of the key thrusts to keep the economy afloat. Bitten by the slowdown bug with exports ...

MANAGEMENT: Communicating skill
Most successful managers in the industry believe — and rightly so — that their success is essentially a consequence of their communication skill. Whatever knowledge and skill they may possess in other areas seem to be of no avail in ...

EDITORIAL: Early signs
If the data on bellwether industries — cement, steel and automobiles — are any indication, then the sales spurt during the last quarter of fiscal 2008-09 was more than just that. Suggesting that the trend is being sustained, sales ...

LETTERS: Voter apathy
The article “End of the voting marathon” (Business Line, May 11) has remarked that “It will be an interesting case study for multi-disciplinary teams of psephologists, sociologists and political analysts ...

LETTERS: A good initiative
The economic downturn may have been bad for the corporate sector as a whole, but it seems to be bringing some good news for the common ...

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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