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OPINION

TERRORISM: From Jinnah to Hafiz Saeed
Addressing a gathering of tens of thousands of zealots at the headquarters of the Jamat-ud-Dawa (earlier called the Lashkar-e-Taiba), on November 3, 2000, the Amir of the Lashkar, Hafiz Mohammed Saeed had thundered: “Jihad is not ...

INTERVIEW: Risky to take foot off AML pedal
Sarabjeet Singh is a worried man. As the partner leading the AML (anti-money-laundering) practice in BMR Advisors ( www.bmradvisors.com), he finds it disturbing that the pressure from ...

COMPANY LAW: Disproportionate voting rights
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has abolished equity shares with differential voting rights, perhaps taking a cue from the Companies Bill 2008. That there have been a few takers for the dispensation that appears patently ...

ACCOUNTANCY: India initiates thin capitalisation
Thin capitalisation refers to a situation where an entity is highly geared, that is, has high proportion of debt as compared to equity. Certain jurisdictions treat the excessive debt as equity and disallow tax deductibility of the ...

BOOKS: Money vs massage
To accountants who are weary of massaged numbers, here is a message about massage: That, as an incentive, massage can be more powerful than money, as found by a research in the University of Chicago. “Participants were invited ...

EDITORIAL: Maytas rescued
With the Company Law Board approving the induction of the nominees of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) on the Board of Maytas Infra Ltd., the curtain comes down on the management restructuring of the ...

ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: Off-balance-sheet items
Some analysts have compared the balance-sheets of a few companies to the Tower of Pisa — leaning towards the south-west (liabilities) side. While the liabilities side of a balance-sheet records liabilities towards which entities have ...

LETTERS: Village clusters
It was very heartening and encouraging to read the article under the Vision 2020 column on “Leaving no village out” (Business Line, August 31). The author has dealt with important areas such as ‘rural ...

LETTERS: Learning from mistakes
This is with reference to “Storm in the saffron party” (Business Line, September 1). In the interest of healthy democracy, it is hoped that the current crisis in the BJP will help the party rectify the ...


Columnists: C Gopinath Harish Bijoor G Chandrashekhar S Murlidharan Sharad Joshi Mohan Murti S Balakrishnan Bharat Savur B S Raghavan Ganesh Challa Bhanoji Rao Swati T Banusekar Ramanujam Sridhar Ranabir Ray Choudhury Rasheeda Bhagat P.V. Indiresan P Devarajan S Muralidhar R K Raghavan B Venkatesh S Venkitaramanan




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