Is the most valuable banks in India doing down the drain? ICICI bank is busy battling the rumours being spread by brokers by issuing press statements and SMSs. T T Ram Mohan in a blog post talks about the avoidable foreign investments made by the Indian bank
I have always contended that banks need to make the most of [...]
Archive for October 12th, 2008
A project delayed is a project lost
Published by October 12th, 2008 in Development, Economy and Government. 0 CommentsDelays in infrastructure projects could retard economic growth, says Rishabh Srivastava:
The recent flash report on Central sector projects says that some 234 out of 515 central projects, each estimated to cost Rs 100 crores and above, had been delayed from the expected date of commissioning, as of March. Over half of the infrastructure projects that [...]
Shravan views the recession, across the west, as an opportunity for India:
I am looking at the recession as a huge opportunity for India to rebuild itself in the eyes of the world:
1. Dropping commodity prices, like steel and cement, ensure that construction costs are sure to go down. This should definitely help in making infrastructure [...]
Lifting Stuff from Blogs
Published by October 12th, 2008 in Blogging, India, Media and Society. 1 CommentBellur draws a cartoon about the recent incidnts of lifting stuff by media from bloggers. And for a change mainstream media Mint did a balanced article on the issue of taking things from blog without proper credit and compensation.
Art and responsibility
Published by October 12th, 2008 in Art, Development, Politics and Religion. 0 CommentsWhat are our contemporary artists doing? Johny ML answers his own question- they ‘refuse to see the darkness as the light is so strong and the light, for the time being looks like eternal’:
In Orissa, Christian missionaries and those poor people who just for food and education converted to Christianity are burnt down and brutally [...]
Vidyarthy Chatterjee recalls an event called Bhavni Bhavai:
More than a quarter of century has passed since I first saw that breathtaking film about how “untouchables” lived and died in poverty, squalor and abject degradation- in Gujarat once upon a time. It was a cold January day and the venue of the screening was Mavalankar Auditorium [...]
Iconoclast is nauseated by another ‘Gujarat experiment’:
Despite the efforts of reformers like Gandhiji & many others, there has long-existed a lobby of religious conservatives that has been opposed to reform. Opposed to reform for two reasons primarily: 1) Because of what is called a “comfort zone” or “inertia” sometimes. 2) Because moving away from the [...]
Pradip Somasundaran has sung a Kishore Kumar song, Teri Duniya Se, from the film Pavitra Paapi. Srividya Kasturi has sung a Meera bhajan - Karam Ki Gati Nyari. Meera and Arun have posted a Malayalam duet song, Maaya Manchalil, composed by Sarath. Rashmi Nair has done a Malayalam cover too - Raaja Hamsame.
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