Parallel parody

Can railway minister Lalu Prasad defy the law of diminishing marginal appreciation? Indian Railways has been the ?turnaround story? of…

Trick or treat

That some production processes in India use child labour is not news. It happens. It is not India?s dirty little…

Optimising optimism

There has been much anxiety amongst economic analysts lately over fluctuations in industrial growth, the appreciating rupee and slowdown in…

Defer to context

With the BSE Sensex having crept above the 20,000 level briefly yesterday before closing at a tantalising 19,978, up 735…

Fuel on fire

Warnings of the impact of rising oil prices on the poor in Asia and the Pacific region brought out in…

Regulation ageism

The Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman Meleveetil Damodaran sure hasn?t lost his sense of humour, despite the…