COLUMNS
OFFHAND
Marginalised customers
I have coined two new laws of my own to depict the helpless plight and impotent rage of customers in a milieu dominated by the buzzword of customer delight by prompt service: First, marginalisation of customers proceeds at the same pace as the ...
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WIDE CANVAS
Alliance without much content
Trade apart, there is hardly any other aspect of India-China relations where there has been substantive progress, let alone a "qualititative and quantum improvement."
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A RINGSIDE VIEW
Market may move up further despite some scepticism
Volatility could be manifest in the IT and banking stocks
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MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
Have you invested in the right sector funds yet?
It was a mixed show by sector-specific funds
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VISION 2020
Why not education vouchers?
Education vouchers can introduce competition among schools. With the government providing vouchers to students who can use them to pay fees in a school of their choice, institutions will survive only by providing quality education. Rope in the corpor ate sector, and the scheme can save the economy from short-sighted politicians, says P. V. INDIRESAN.
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INDIA INTERIOR
Helping tribals land jobs to preserve forests
"Aapke paas kheti bari hai kya (Do you have farm land to work on)," one asked the 27-year-old Korku tribal Oomba Chunilal Dhurve. He looked down and replied shyly, "Main paidal hoon (I am a walker)." The graphic poetry in his reply ...
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ERRORS & OMISSIONS EXPECTED
Poking a finger at the `peak oil' theory
Welcome to CERA.com, the site of Cambridge Energy Research Associates. They have some good news for you: That the world's capacity to produce oil can `continue to expand well into this century'. A recent press release on the site states, "CERA ...
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RANDOM WALK
Overcoming roadblocks
As the World Bank-aided Kerala State Transport Project has come under a cloud following a standoff between the State Government and the project's contractors, it is time for Kerala to adopt new standards for public contracting.
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CHAT
Some more steam left in the indices
Jogin was playing chess with himself, imagining how it would be if Tata were on one side and CSN on the other. Dakshinamoorthy was analysing airline numbers to see if they were taking flight. Sridevi was studying a list of Chinese investments ...
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AMERICAN PERISCOPE
Whitewashing, or apologising, for colonisation
Colonisers making amends for their historical injustices have been too few and far between.
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