Stockquake
It has taken 125 years and a stock market crisis of as yet unknown proportions for the authorities to recognise the major conflict of interest that exists when practising brokers sit on the governing board of a stock exchange, in this case, one of the key bourses in the country, the BSE.



Acrobatics in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Maanila Congress leader P. Chidambaram's statement, distancing himself from his party's decision to align with Jayalalitha, conforms to the politics of opportunism being practised in Tamil Nadu.



The great betrayal
Muslim intellectuals must reflect on why Muslim countries have not been able to usher in true democracy, despite the claim that Islam is democratic in spirit.



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