There are conflicting signs on India's investment cycle.
Shekhar Chakravarty has developed and patented Curvo -- world's first non-linear ropeway system.
This quiet assertion of China has allowed various smaller countries of South Asia to play China off against India. Most states in the region now use the China card to balance against the predominance of India. Forced to exist between their two giant neighbours, the smaller states have responded with a careful balancing act, says Harsh V Pant.
From an idea inititated in a hostel room, Hearing Plus went on to become a national chain of hearing treatment clinics.
'They do not want us to construct roads or to conduct health camps. I see no logic in their demands,' says West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.