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Enemies of Indian Liberalization - Mani Shankar Aiyar

Posted on Aug 5 2007
We refer to the recent pronouncements by the cabinet minister Mani Shankar Aiyar that "High economic growth means little". Since no one in the current administration or opposition will respond back, please allow us to do so..
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The US-India Nuclear Deal - More than energy

Posted on Aug 4 2007
The 123 deal, signed by the Indian and US governments and awaiting ratification by the US congress and Indian Parliament, helps towards satisfying the long-term energy needs of our growing economy, but it symbolizes more than merely a trade and milit
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Cement Prices - And our government

Posted on Aug 3 2007
Help! Cement prices are rising!! Our government thinks the cement manufacturers are "cartelling" - that is colluding to keep prices high. We don't know what to say, but here goes...
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Justice and Equality - Why Sanju baba is going to prison

Posted on Aug 2 2007
We hear those who think Sanjay Dutt has been dealt an unnecessarily harsh sentence and those who think equal, impartial justice has been meted out. In our opinion, both sides are partly wrong. We will only say "Salman Khan" to make our point.
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Executive Salaries - Envy as a policy

Posted on Jul 23 2007
Greed, then, is a useful word to disparage those we envy because they are more successful than we are.
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More Prosperity - Our solution for Global Warming!!!

Posted on Jul 17 2007
"British actress Sienna Miller teamed up with Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday to urge Indians to do more to slow global warming." We can take a wild guess, they would probably like us average Indians to stop using cars and instead commute
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Moral versus Legal - Corruption and Capitalist Morals

Posted on Jul 15 2007
Gurcharan Das, whom we have long admired, has an interesting column in the Times today : Capitalist Morals. The writer discusses bribes and corruption as a means of doing business, especially with the government and the moral angle therein. We think
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Remembering 7/11 - Taking the threat of terror seriously

Posted on Jul 12 2007
The first anniversary of the 7/11/2006 bombings in Mumbai came and went yesterday. We were thankful not to be reminded about the "resilience" of the mumbaikar's, a standard political refrain after the murderous attacks last year.
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Indian Cricket League - India's answer to Mr. Kerry Packer

Posted on Jul 10 2007
We don't know if our readers are old enough to remember the hay days of Australian business magnet Kerry Packer. Mr. Kerry Packer did for Australian and English cricket what Indian media king Subhash Chandra is doing for Indian cricket.
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The Great Indian Bull Market - Sensex 50,000 by 2020?

Posted on Jul 9 2007
When we hear such optimistic predictions, we run to hedge our bets on the market.
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Capitalism's Mysteries and Miracles - Cars and Roads in India

Posted on Jul 6 2007
We remember having a discussion years ago in school about cars becoming a common commodity in India like in the West. One refrain often heard was: "Where are the roads? We need good roads first".
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Corporate Retail - Creating Jobs for the masses

Posted on Jul 5 2007
While the socialists are having fits about corporate retail giants like Wal-Mart running the small "kirana" stores out of business, the retail stores are all set to create jobs - for the masses.
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WHO's smoking what? - A war on smoking

Posted on Jul 2 2007
The World Health Organization (WHO), we thought, was there to promote eradication of diseases like malaria and tuberculosis in the poorest of countries. Well, they have decided to take on "smoking" which comes as no surprise.
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India and the Chinese Communist Regime - Dealing with a bully

Posted on Jun 25 2007
Our government and diplomats should consult 7th standard school children about dealing with the Chinese Communist regime. You see, school kids deal with bullies on a daily basis and soon realize there are 3 ways to appoach the situation: 1. avoid, 2.
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Our advice to President Kalam - Please let go.

Posted on Jun 20 2007
We have not bothered to comment on the on-going Presidential nomination, on Narayan Murthy, Pratibha Patil, Shekhawat, the whole lot, because we find the office and the choice of little consequense. However, out of sheer respect and admiration, we ha
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Shock, Horror and Indignation!!! - Indians are "consuming"

Posted on Jun 19 2007
The Hindu Business Line is reporting that Cashew exporters are finding it more profitable to sell cashews domestically to Indians instead of exporting, thanks to the appreciating Rupee. Wow!! This is going to shock a lot of our economist friends who
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Leftist predictions - Downfall of the US economy

Posted on Jun 18 2007
Leftist economic pundits have been predicting the doom of the US Dollar and the US economy since early 2005. The US$ and the economy have however been unobliging with the Dow Jones Average touching new highs. Here's another hit piece in the Hindu Bus
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Licence Raj is back in the Retail sector - The Consumer be damned

Posted on Jun 18 2007
So our government wants to protect the small Kirana store from "unfair" competition from big corporate retail stores. The ones to be hurt in this throw-back to the failed socialistic policies are the consumers. The poorest of consumers are going to b
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Rupee Appreciation and the RBI - Few more simple answers

Posted on Jun 17 2007
Ok, it looks like the sages at RBI are walking nervously in their sleep concerned about the rising Rupee. We have a few simple suggestions which are not only good policy, regardless of the Rupee valuation, but may also help assuage the worst of the R
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To the Indian Airlines Union - Good luck with your strike!!

Posted on Jun 13 2007
We wish the Indian Airlines Union the best of luck with their strike-as we book our flight to Goa on SpiceJet. We bet the union bosses are nostalgic about the good old days of public sector monopoly when they could hold the public at ransom with the
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