COVER STORY
Dressing up for the party
On 1 January 2005 the three-decade-old quota system will be dismantled, throwing up a huge opportunity for India's apparel business. Large local mills and overseas firms have quietly begun investing in new factories in India to grab a slice of the pie. But are the smaller players prepared to go global?
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IN DEPTH
What will kickstart broadband?
Five-lakh km of fibre have already been laid across the country. Investments worth Rs 51,000 crore have already been pumped in. But broadband, which promises to bring video, voice and data all in one pipe, is yet to reach Indian living rooms. What would get it there?
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IN VOGUE
The man who does too much
Who is T.J. Rodgers? He is one of the most outspoken men in US industry. He is passionate about outsourcing, free markets, engineers and wines. Sound bites from the CEO of Cypress Semiconductors, the 'quintessential entrepreneurial company'.
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IN THE NEWS
Nasser Munjee fights back
Why the government is so desperate to get full control over this zero-NPA development finance institution, and why its top management would rather quit than work for a sarkari organisation.
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Tough test for Naidu
Can Chandrababu Naidu ward off the anti-incumbency factor?
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Not an open & shut case
The apex court has revived the PIL on the IIM fee cut. But do the petitioners have a case?
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EDITOR'S NOTE
Can India deliver?
There's a match that is coming up which will be more interesting than the one we saw last week.
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WEB EXCLUSIVE
GUEST OPINION
Legislating for whistle-blowers
On 12 March 2004, the Division Bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices Ruma Pal and P.V. Reddy
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BOOKMARK
Review
Browsing
Alert
Selection
IN DEPTH
Not so stainless
Prices are on a 20-year high, yet the industry's troubles are far from over.
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"Availability of drugs will be a big issue post 2005"
Access to drugs will be difficult post-2005, economist Shubham Chaudhuri tells BW.
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"The industry's reputation is a problem area"
The pharma industry is not seen as being responsible enough. That's a reason for worry, says Lars Rebien Sorensen, CEO of Danish healthcare major, Novo Nordisk.
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Reality bytes
The fifth wave of computing is yet a ripple. We are still trying out distributed computing.
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COLUMNS
COMMENTS : Ashok V. Desai
Now Jaswant plays his murli
Why the FM turned his covetous eyes on IDFC - no other state-owned financial institution is in good health.
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ECONOMICS 2.0 : Niranjan Rajadhyaksha
India needs a liberal party
We need a liberal party, desperately. But film stars, not liberals, are in demand in politics today.
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Arbor Mentis: Subroto Bagchi
The raw material mindset
India has long been seen as a supplier of only raw materials. Now is the time to change that perception.
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BW OPINION
A good idea destroyed
IDFC was started with a sound idea. But what messed up things was the unwarranted government interference
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