Making the D word respectable
Even after a decade of disinvestment under different govts questions are being asked on important aspects of the process. Many of these questions should have been asked in 1991 and 1992 when the process started in a rather haphazard manner and continued in fits and starts for the next few years.

Give the courts a breather
The passion play of Indian public life is overpopulated by characters portrayed in the extreme. Judges are knights in shining armour.

Ficci's formula
More than half a century ago some of India's leading businessmen, including JRD Tata and GD Birla, produced a document entitled "A Long Term Plan for India's Economic Development", popularly known as the Bombay Plan.

The medium is shaky
How times change. Time was when Zee TV could do no wrong, and the hapless Star TV in India got nothing right. Now, the shake up at the top in Zee Telefilms that sees MD, Vijay Jindal to set up his own company.

Never mind the motive
The evolution of sport reveals the human ability to reconcile mutually conflicting objectives. Take boxing, for example. Two individuals attempt to batter each other into submission.

eavesdropper
Unable to stomach the liberalism and secularism of the Vajpayee government, hard core enthusiasts of the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak have been continuously haranguing the BJP ministers for not keeping their faith.