The Hindu Business Line : Monday, July 21, 2003

Make rail travel safe
NOW THAT THE curtain is down on the resignation drama, the Railway Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, must turn his attention to making rail travel safe. Ironically, he had resigned after holding a two-day workshop involving lower level operating staff ... More

ECONOMY

Tamil Nadu's assault on elitism
WHEN "Tilting Tamil Nadu towards prosperity" was written at the time of the Tamil New Year in 2002, there was unbounded hope that the State Tamil Nadu will be transformed into India's foremost State (Business ... More

`Chicken and egg' problem
Assistance from the rich is conditioned on the "governance performance" of the poor, which really is tantamount to begging the question as the poor are poor because of improper and weak governance, among other things. More

POLITICS

Monsoon session of Parliament — Eschew politics, address people's issues
IT HAS become a tedious practice for newspapers to describe the start of any Parliament session as being stormy. The description of the monsoon session, beginning today (July 21), will be no different. The use of the ... More

MANAGEMENT

The strategy of collaboration
WHOEVER you are, whatever your management function, it is not possible for you to accomplish all your tasks and goals by yourself. You need the assistance of other people such as customers, suppliers, colleagues, ... More

HOUSING FINANCE

MARK TO MARKET
Mortgage-backed securities — Lower prepayment risk for home loan cos
THE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and SEBI are considering developing a secondary mortgage market in India. This measure will be advantageous to the home-loan companies and the investors. Here is why. Creating ... More

DEBT MARKET

Bond market takes it on the chin
In the wake of the US Fed chief's semi-annual ritual of delivering his assessment of the economic outlook to Congress, and his shutting the door on unconventional monetary policy, the dollar surged, gold fell and bonds were buried, says V. Ana ntha Nageswaran. More

TOURISM

Negligent Karnataka
RECENTLY, I had occasion to go on a sightseeing tour of Kerala and Karnataka with my relations who had come from the US. Kerala lived up to the brand image it has successfully built up all over the world as "God's own ... More

LETTERS

A terminal choked

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