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Friday, August 09, 2002
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EDITORIAL


Curing the coffee crisis
EARLIER IT WAS cotton; now it is coffee. Reports of half a dozen small coffee growers committing suicide in the last couple of months brings home yet again the utter failure of institutions set up to protect the interests of producers and of ... More

ECONOMY


Poverty has been allotted successfully... Let us do an `undo' now
IF THE good things in life — good health, abundant wealth, balmy leisure and comprehensive security — can be selectively allotted to some, it follows that the undesirable things — disease, poverty, strenuous labour and ... More

POLITICS


Signs of second emergency?
IT is time the BJP and its allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) realised that in the guise of governing the country, they are in fact incurring the odium of trampling democratic values underfoot, and throwing all scruples to the ... More

MANAGEMENT


Organisational leadership and corporate vision
CORPORATE people exercise leadership in society and in the commercial world, yet they know little about the dynamics of the concept. Most often, people misconceive that leadership is related to the person who sits at the helm. But leadership is ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS


Greed is in the gene
SOME year's back, Oman made an unusual request to India. The oil-rich country was looking for four thoroughbred Tharparkars — a cattle breed found only in the dry and arid regions of Rajasthan. Tharparkar derives its name from ... More

GENDER


Sati : A bonfire of sensibilities
ONCE again, the barbaric custom of sati has made the headlines. On Tuesday, 65-year-old Kuttu Bai of Madhya Pradesh's Panna district immolated on her husband, Mallu Nai's funeral pyre. He had died after a prolonged illness. As in all cases ... More

SPORTS


Spreading sporting wealth
FROM zero to 32 is an incredible feat. In fact, it is zero to 72 which is even more incredible. We became part of that elite of Australia and England, and one gold above Canada. The geography and reach of the old British Empire lies in those 38 ... More

PEOPLE


A pioneer in game theory remembered
A FEW months ago, ardent fans of Hollywood cinema were treated to an unforgettable movie, A Beautiful Mind, an award winner dealing with the real life story of the Nobel Laureate, John Nash. What made the picture poignant was the central ... More

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    Rice export price may be increased further

    Hopes of turnaround seen in readymade garment exports

    CEO salaries outstrip growth of profits

    FII inflow down 80 pc so far this fiscal

    In Depth
    Gender Justice
    Simple Economics
    Small Investor
    Looking back
    Jul. 28-Aug. 3
    FDI confidence — While Asean revives, India struggles

    Heading towards a hunger trap

    The Powell-Musharraf connection

    Cleansing the electoral process

    Striving for a bone bank

    Gangster economics


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