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| November 29, 2003 |
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An Asian dilemma
Why can't Asians evolve their own fashions instead of leaving it to others? wonders Sunanda K Datta Ray
The Wal-Mart factor!
I feel totally at a loss to understand the rationale behind the rise in the stock prices of a very wide array of public companies, says Arvind Singhal
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| November 27, 2003 |
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A week in India
India is clearly moving forward, but the fiscal and infrastructure challenges remain, says A P
Three myths about FIIs
Tamal Bandyopadhyay explains why conventional notions about their behaviour are wrong
High-tech responses to low-tech scandals
Devangshu Datta wonders why nobody has mentioned the technological aspect in Kale bribe case or the CAT scam or even the stamp paper racket.
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| November 26, 2003 |
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When charity is a tax on society
B Mishra argues that the present framework of tax concessions for charitable institutions has promoted the growth of sub-standard and profiteering education and health services
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| November 25, 2003 |
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India shining or India whining?
For us to continue being a low-cost destination for call-centres and IT services, we need to teach our boys English or software education, says Manas Chakravarty
Can India grow without Bharat?
India's demographic trajectory is an average of the demographic paths of its constituent states.
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| November 24, 2003 |
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Maruti's second skin
With its own engineers designing the new-look Zen, and helping Suzuki create the Asia-car, Maruti is on course for designing a full car itself, says Sunil Jain
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| November 20, 2003 |
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BPO is a win-win situation
The latest McKinsey Quarterly, provides just the kind of numbers needed to prove that offshoring to countries like India is actually in the interest of the US and EU.
'Selling' India is a pointless business
After wallowing in a serious inferiority complex for years, opinion within India about India seems to have veered to the other extreme.
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| November 17, 2003 |
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China's private sector has just begun to grow
Only when the Chinese private sector enjoys legal protection will it bloom, says Matei Mihalca.
This business of education
Private engineering colleges are being accorded deemed university status with no eye on standards or transparency, says S Viswanathan
Don't dump on US!
After the US, India is the biggest user of anti-dumping duties, calculated arbitrarily, and primarily to protect profits of local monopolists, says Sunil Jain
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| November 15, 2003 |
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India Shining? Get real
So while it is good to be optimistic, and uplifting to celebrate our successes, let us not lose touch with reality, says T N Ninan.
India hits the headlines
As job losses mount, British trade unions are forcing companies to be cautious, underlines Sunanda K Datta Ray.
China can take criticism today
Who knows, the Chinese might even start criticising themselves in 2015, says Surjit S Bhalla.
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| November 14, 2003 |
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Why this bull market is for real
Corporate restructuring and lower borrowing levels will help demand for stocks to remain stable, says Abheek Barua.
Is the RBI overstaffed?
The lower-rung jobs that form the bulk of its strength can be significantly cut down, says Madan Sabnavis.
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| November 10, 2003 |
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Indian industry's three-year itch
Historical evidence suggests that a recovery cycle lasts for three years. But are things different this time -- will the upswing last long? Abheek Barua analyses
Now lawyers to aid marketeers
With government policy so fickle, and yet so critical, companies would do well to hire lawyers and tax experts on the marketing force, recommends Sunil Jain
India's reform model needs change
We must move from the model of crisis-led reform to one of controllable change, says Subir Gokarn
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| November 08, 2003 |
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India leverages its domestic market
India is exploiting its domestic market just as China does the export market -- at the low end, comments T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
The power of one
If one small NGO can do a great job, think of what our mass circulation newspapers could do if they chose to be newspapers instead of advertising gazettes.
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| November 05, 2003 |
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Who is left out of the party?
RBI Governor Y Venugopal Reddy has done what is most sensible: put the Monetary Policy on autopilot for six months.
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| November 04, 2003 |
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Govt appointments losing credibility
The Vajpayee government has so far appointed as many as four regulators and in all the cases the choice has fallen on retiring bureaucrats, points out A K Bhattacharya.
The fundamentals of reform
Real reforms could involve cutting off subsidies to people who don't deserve them, or even increasing subsidies to those who desperately need them, R Jagannathan examines.
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