Transplants in trouble
Medical science may have made successful transplant of human organs a possibility. But in actual practice, the lacunae in the law, and its poor implementation due to lack of infrastructural support and low awareness have let it down in India.

A rich legacy
Kulwant Rai, chairman emeritus of the Usha India group, retired from business in 1985. Handing over the reins of the conglomerate to his sons Vinai and Anil, he embarked on a spiritual journey, spending the majority of his time at Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh.

High-price elegance
The reduction in duty on imported objects seems to have benefited the Indian consumer most. Capitalising on the relative ease in importing furniture and artifacts today, a number of entrepreneurs have set up shop in the Capital, to peddle esoteric products to the creme-de-la-creme from their homes.

Property graduates to performing asset
Real estate in India is coming of age, despite all the turbulence. The first sure sign of the sector's maturity is that property is being gradually viewed as a performing asset. Second, real estate is turning end-user-driven, from being builder-driven. And third, real estate in India is growing into a knowledge industry.

Microsoft will chart new courses this
Gates has said in some of his writings and speeches that ``part of my job is to make predictions and act on them. I'm better at forseeing trends than I am at identifying exactly when specific technologies will emerge or achieve mainstream popularity. Predicting timing is tough, as my track record illustrates''.

Any markets for pop patriotism?
Here it is at last, Dreamz Unlimited's first dream on celluloid: Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani. Considering the unabashed media blitzkrieg that has preceded this film, it is funny to consider that it spoofs majorly today's TV journalism, and the culture of hype and marketing it propagates.

MDPs are a reality check on faculty
It's a practice that has caught on like crazy. Till a few years ago, management development programmes (MDPs), meant to enhance the skills of middle and senior-level managers, were a part of the curriculum of forward looking B-schools in the West.

IIML to conduct workshop on marketing
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML) is organising a management development programme on `Strategies for effective marketing' at its MDP Centre during February 14-18, 2000.