rediff Columns http://www.rediff.com/column.htm India's largest news and entertainment service online. en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 18:39:03 GMT Copyright: (C) 2007777777f.com India Limited. All Rights Reserved. rediff.com http://www.rediff.com/uim/red_log.gif http://www.rediff.com/ 144 28 Visit rediff.com World inflation - Is the worst over? http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/may/17infla1.htm That panic has set in among policy makers is suggestive of the worst being over in global inflation. Of economists and India's financial woes http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/may/17guest.htm One should be careful when taking advice from experts, and not suspend one's own judgment. Why Dr Binayak Sen must be released http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/16guest1.htm 'What is disturbing is that if this liberal middle space is gone, there would not be a counter voice to violence.' With good intentions Bush ambushes Israel http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/16guest.htm As many analysts have pointed out, by excessively identifying with Israeli policies, Bush has actually worked against Israel's long-term interests. Indeed, the Jewish State has become more unsure now than in it was in January 2001 when Bush became president. A recipe for the next finance minister http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/may/16guest.htm My recommended recipe is for the next government to sell its entire stake in all the public sector banks immediately upon taking office The 'what and how' of CAT online: 3 possible scenarios http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2008/may/15cat.htm How will the infrastructure for online CAT be created? Will it be a single-day affair? What impact will it have on student preparation? An attempt to find answers... The one billion+ cannon-fodder http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/15sai.htm Counter fear with greater fear, terror with super-terror, and the perpetrators will think twice before carrying out their evil deeds. Jaipur blasts bear no unique signature http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/15raman.htm Bicycles have often been used by different terrorist groups since the jihad against the Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Arjun Singh's endgame may backfire in the end http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/15guest.htm Arjun Singh may have survived yet once again, but this time he may have over-reached himself. So far he had used his `loyalty' to the first family as a political weapon to manouevre the situation to his advantage, but this time he took on the leadership, and that is bound to have its own fallout Inflation unlikely to fall http://www.rediff.com/rss/redirect.php?url=http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/may/15infla1.htm There is little to suggest inflation levels will come down since you hardly see the same levels of seasonality in prices that were there earlier.