Capping the dam
Supreme Court's decision on the Sardar Sarovar dam does not come a day too soon. This has been a long and tortuously slow dispute over a project which should have either been built or junked for something better.

Not that hard to give value
It has been months since the meltdown in the Nasdaq took the sheen off the dotcom revolution. The climate of opinion has shifted dramatically. The advertising and subscription models have both fallen by the wayside.

How self-interest got a bad name
A few days ago, Ratan Tata and other head honchos of Mumbai's business community are reported to have met Sebi chief D R Mehta. Their mission: to plead for a review of the takeover code so as to allow promoters to arm themselves with higher shareholding to fight predators.

The dragon in the marketplace
When the Ch'in State of ancient China began building the Great Wall it hoped to keep the invaders from the north away. For centuries afterwards China's many emperors extended and fortified the Great Wall and lived in the comfort of the thought that the Middle Kingdom was safe from foreign invaders.

eavesdropper
Punjab farmers have been benefited through special Rs 350 crore package recently announced by the Centre. But the Food Corporation of India (FCI) is likely to part with one of its most dynamic chairmen, Bhure Lal.