Jittery over job losses!

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Desperate times call for desperate measures. The global financial imbroglio’s next casualty is the job market, as corporates across the globe are scaling down their operations and downsizing their workforce

The sight of 1,900 stranded Jet employees, most of them still in their early 20s, shocked the nation, ensconced in the semblance of safety from the global turmoil. Although they were reinstated later, the event was the omen of bad times to come, just raring to knock at the Indian shores. Global recession is a reality and it is here to stay or at least until it makes us feel miserable by the kind of insecurity it brings in our lives. Even though India Inc. has not (in the real sense) been affected by this evil phenomenon as have its global cousins, jobs here are still at stake.

With all the talk about India's rising power status, burgeoning foreign reserves and a multi-faceted industry, thc country still remains, in reality, a fledgling economy fighting all odds amidst the predators of sub prime and oil crises (even though the global oil prices have plunged). The fact remains that this country has to take care of its already 9 per cent unemployed population as well as the additional burden of the 12 million people, who join the work force every year. Given the higher than ever correlation in the global economic system, effects are slowly but steadily percolating into India as well. The first signs of this gloomy situation are already too evident to hide and the question remains, who's next?

Since multi-national corporations are affected more severely than Indian companies, naturally their operations here are the first to get hit. To start the mayhem, Motorola will sack an unspecified number from its operations in India. The axing is part of the overall 3,000 job (five per cent of total workforce) cut exercise by the mobile phone major It expects to save close to $750 to 800 million eventually. The American telecom giant has been suffering from heavy losses, especially in the highly competitive, low-margin mobile phone business.


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The good old doc's advice

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Some things are forever, and Keynes' theories fall in that category...

It’s not for the first time that the world is experiencing an economic turmoil or global meltdown. This phenomenon (or to be precise, recession) has affected almost all economies and financial institutions. What started with the US financial crisis has now engulfed almost all the countries of Europe and also Asian giants like Japan. Most of the economies are planning some or the other kind of bailout plan or stimulus package to get rid of this on-going recession. The most prominent steps were taken by big economies like the United States, Japan, European Union (EU) and China. To counter this recession, US launched a $700 billion bailout package, followed by Germany with a $29 billion stimulus package, Japan with a $275 billion package and China announcing a $600 billion stimulus package (the biggest package as percent of GDP).

Consider this: USA's bailout plan is aimed at providing its people with tax rebates ($600 to individuals and $1,200 to couples) and bailing out financial institutions / banks experiencing steep problems. Japan's stimulus package is designed to help and increase savings of small business and families. Germany has its own plan that includes tax breaks on purchase of cars, credit facilities to small and mid-size businesses and investment in infrastructural development. China framed its stimulus package aimed at increasing consumer spending, developing infrastructure and thus generating employment. All of the above plans look quite similar and the bottom line remains common in all the above mention cases i.e. to refurbish their respective economic growth. This is not a mere coincidence but an intelligently devised plan based on an age-old time tested theory. These stimulus packages are largely based on Keynesian theory (that advocates more of government spending, low interest rates, easy credit / money policy). Recently, G7 in Washington discussed a framework to tackle recession based on Keynes’ theories. And even the British bailout plan was largely devised on Keynes’ economic theory. A great economist in the 20th century, John Maynard Keynes in his book titled 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money", had already described such situations and given feasible solutions as well. His theory has also helped many big economies to come out of recession in the past as well. Keynes' theory helped the world in 1929 during the Great Depression (US President Roosevelt invested in farm subsidies and public works to stabilise the economy).

The most noteworthy point is that as economies get integrated (through globalisation), recession in one economy will hamper other economies as well (China's export, India's IT sector et al) and, obviously, a well devised stimulus package will also benefit many other countries too. In this modern era, when economists are busy drafting new and contemporary theories, the Keynesian economic theory still has its own place and is still relevant in modern times.


Sray Agarwal


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Even NATO is shying away from attacking pirates

The government of India may have triumphed and brought home its boys, the sailors from the pirated Japanese ship MV Stolt Valor, but there’s little to celebrate, as yet another Yemeni ship was hijacked on November 25, infuriating the world. In fact, the bigger challenge at present is to rescue ships like MV Fiana, a Ukrainian vessel carrying 33 combat tanks and Sirius Star, Saudi Arabian supertanker carrying over two million barrels of oil which is worth over $100 million. Astoundingly, nearly 17 ships are being held to ransom in the region at present.

No one knows where these pirates get their support from. However, the US has ruled out any al-Qaeda support to these pirates. US Army Gen William "Kip" Ward said the chaos on the high seas is a reflection of the country's political chaos. Somalia has had no functioning government since 1991. And due to all this, pirate attacks off the Somalian coast in recent years have increased. This year captures have crossed the 100 mark, with 40 ships still under hijack. Even a warning from the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia, which asked them to leave Harardhere, the Somalian town where the ship is currently anchored, failed to get results. Sirius Star belongs to an Arab nation, and piracy is a capital offence under Islam, but even this doesn’t scare them. So when Sheikh Abdulaahi Osman, a commander of the group in Harardhere warned them by saying, “Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country and it is very serious crime to hold Muslim property. Those holding the ship must free it or face armed intervention." The pirates responded by cutting their ransom demand. Abdi Salan Ahmed, who claimed to represent the pirates, said: “There may be some type of ransom reduction but I can’t confirm it now.” In Malaysia, on November 24, an international association of tanker owners' called for a military blockade along the coast of Somalia,, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that the alliance is not considering such a move. Remarkably, noted author Gwynne Dyers has lamented that so far, “with the honourable exception of the Indians and the French, nobody has used force against the pirates of the Horn”.


Shashank Tripathi


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terrorists demonstrated in Mumbai on the night of November 26 that when it came to chutzpah, they are way ahead of the country’s strategic community.

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They demonstrated that they could organise a late evening slaughter of more than 100 people, including Mumbai police’s three top anti-terror triggers, and maim and injure nearly 300 people in an attack which has no parallel since 9/11 and traumatic by Mumbai’s history of terrorist violence.

The utter confusion, cussedness and lack of initiative, both in Delhi and Mumbai, was a sight to behold. Union home Minister Shivraj Patil’s summary of the biggest terror attack on Indian soil could well have been a description of the daily weather. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for a meeting of the Union Cabinet, where all that he offered was that "the security apparatus has been pressed into service to deal with the situation” – in the light of the continuing hostage standoff and the terror which had enveloped Mumbai, these two could be the understatements of the year. Significantly, earlier this week, Prime Minister had sent India’s National Security Advisor, M.K. Narayanan, to meet with BJP leader, L.K. Advani, to discuss the issue of harder terror laws. While Advani insisted that a POTA-like law was required to counter terror, Narayanan felt that current laws were sufficient. Well placed sources say that after the latest attacks, the government is veering around to the view that a tougher law may be the requirement of the day and the Ministry of Home Affairs has been put on the ball to concretise the subject. Interestingly, the PM has also ordered a report card from all the ministries, and the worst performing ministry is, as expected, Shivraj Patil’s Union Home Ministry. Clearly, if Barack Obama and John Mccain have shown that there is consensus on fighting terror, why should India's political worthies lag behind?


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Dr Lilian Pintea, Director of Conservation Science at the Jane Goodall Institute, shares his pursuit of understanding our fellow primates better...

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Are bonobos more vulnerable than chimpanzees?

Bonobos are more endangered not because of the differences in behaviour and social organisation between them and chimpanzees, but because they exist in smaller populations across an increasingly fragmented landscape. Bonobos also live only in the DRC, which is severely affected by civil war and currently lacks capacity for effective conservation.

Is there a possibility of still undiscovered ape species?

In 2005 in Tanzania, Rungwecubus kipunji, a totally new genus of primate, was discovered in the Southern Highlands and Udzungwa mountains, and in 2004, a new primate macaque (Macaca munzala) was described in Arunachal Pradesh (India).


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Lion Man of Africa, Gareth Patterson, explores what makes animals indispensable totem symbols in our lives...

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With Joy’s words in mind, it is not mere coincidence that today the most watched (and most loved) Internet video clip on the planet is that of the reunion of Christian the Lion with his human ‘parents’, an amazing example of real love across the so-called ‘species barrier’. This YouTube phenomenon has stirred the hearts of millions of people worldwide. Bought as a cub from a London store by two young Australian men, John Rendall and Ace Bourke, Christian was destined to be taken to Kenya, and to be rehabilitated back into the wilds by the grand old lion man himself, George Adamson. Christian loved his initial carers, John and Ace, and the men reciprocated this love abundantly.

Many months after Christian was taken to Kenya, John and Ace visited George with the hope of seeing Christian. Christian by this time had grown immensely, and roamed the wilds in the company of two young lionesses.

The film footage of the reunion between Christian and the two men is incredibly stirring. Christian strides slowly and watchful, down a granite outcrop. Suddenly his facial features transforms from caution to complete openness, and he runs towards Ace and John. Then an astonishing greeting ceremony takes place with Christian repeatedly leaping up, embracing the men with his paws, and rubbing his head against theirs. In the past few months this 35-year old film footage has spread like wild fire across the globe, with some sixteen million people viewing it on YouTube. In every continent, TV news stations and talk shows have featured the Christian the lion video clip. Sony Pictures, reportedly, are set to make a feature film on Christian’s story. Young and old, rich and poor, people of all races and religions, have all overwhelmingly reacted with emotion and positivity to the reunion of a lion and his human friends. Tears of joy have been shed by millions of eyes. Why was this?

Part of the answer I believe, is that we are responding to our age-old and deeply embedded connection with nature. In many ways, we had become lonely for that connection. Another part of the answer is simply love. What is love? This has been described as one of the most difficult questions for humanity and cannot be answered by the dictionary definition of ‘a great liking or affection.’ No, true love is the unconditional kind. The wanting of only the very best for another. That was the love of the lion and the men. And that, in part, is why we wept.


Indira Parthasarathy


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Astro-psephology: who will win?

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Starting with 1998 elections, psephologists, and what can arguably be termed ‘swingologists’, who changed their predictions hourly as reports of vote counting came in, looking at a swing here or a curve there, have all failed. So have the exit polls. Not just that, each exit poll (depending on which news media house was doing it, may be) contradicted the other, all going wild and none scoring a point, let alone the bull’s eye. The classic example of exit poll malfunction was in 2004, when most polls gave Bharatiya Janata Party a sweep. Congress romped home in a coalition instead. Recent times has seen politicos increasingly looking up to the galaxies and their readers for predicting their futures. So TSI decided to give it a go. Here are some astrological predictions from famous fate readers, each contradicting the other, many contradicting themselves too! And let’s wait till the results to check out which wins: psephology or astrology...


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Obama- agent of change!

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Arindam Chaudhuri is right to state that there is no leader after Nehru who has vision and ability to inspire people. The leaders we have now are concerned about themselves and their political party and are not interested in the welfare of people. I too have read “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, when I was in school and the book made me cry. The power of Stowe’s pen inspired Abraham Lincoln to take strong measures to abolish slavery in the U.S. But the whites discriminated black people for long time ; even after the abolition of slavery. In this context, November 4, 2008 is a historic day. It is the greatest day of our lifetime. Obama is not only a great revolutionary leader but a great revolution has taken place under his leadership. The white people who have contributed to Obama’s victory have virtually apologised for their forefathers deeds and now they feel better after electing him as a president. The people across the globe expect his leadership to create a better world.

Ma. Mohan

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“I sleep well because no one sleeps hungry in Chhattisgarh”

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Just as Atal Behari Vajpayee was the BJP''s face to come to power at the Centre, Raman Singh is the face that the party sees as retaining power in Chhattisgarh. Various issues are dogging his public image. Singh, however, says he is all set to return for a second term, in an interview with TSI''s Anil Dwivedi

Is your image being hurt by issues related to lack of development?

Some people gripe about that but I am quite clear: the Bharatiya Janata Party will stomp back to power because of our developmental work. You can see that we are contesting the polls precisely on the twin issues of peace and prosperity, that is, developmental work, ushered in by us. As far as my personal image goes, I have always worked as a public servant, and not as a ruler. My doors are open to one and all for all times to come, which is why I am regarded by the people as a good human being.

But Ajit Jogi says the BJP rule under you is tyrannical?

He thinks the way he himself is. People have yet not forgotten the tyranny of the previous regimes under him. It was sheer terror. Casteism ran riot. But we have changed all that. Chhattisgarh was known across the country primarily for its backwardness. Our government has successfully given it a new identity. Today, there is peace and prosperity in the state.

But there are voices within your party who accuse you of rank incompetence.

Yes, there are some one or two such persons who say this, you are right. And they are those who have been denied tickets for the coming elections. They are the handful of rebels. Let me ask them, however, why they remained silent on my so-called incompetence while they were in my government?

Denying tickets to no less than 18 sitting MLAs has created a difficult situation for you as a party leader?

One feels bad denying tickets, but those were decisions taken by the High Command. And they alone have been denied tickets whose image among the people have been tarnished. It was necessary that we bring in new faces to ensure a victory for the second term. In any case, most of the disgruntled persons have been brought back home. In BJP, the organisation is important, not the person, like when I was a minister at the Centre, and was yet sent back to Chhattisgarh to head the organisation here.


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Iskander-M leaves Poland and Czech vulnerable to Russian attack

It was no accident that Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, announced a fresh missile deployment within hours of Barack Obama's election as US president. It was an attempt to knock the new entrant off the nerve; however, it also underlined Russian position vis-à-vis US design to deploy missile shield in Eastern Europe – Russia’s playground since time immemorial. While it offered the Russian leader a chance to charm the domestic audience who have had enough of western bullying in years when Post-USSR Russia lied low after its cold war defeat; it is equally true that given the Democrats’ indisposition about the missile shield in comparison to the Republican hawks, Russia jumped gun too early this time around.

Over the years, in an endeavour to bolster NATO members in the east of reciprocal security guarantees, the US and other western NATO states have time and again infuriated dormant Russia. However, a blatantly one sided approach of the west on Georgian affair and proof of American provocation of its headstrong President Mikhail Saakashvili, has made Russia come out of its cocoon. Medvedev's military message was also intended to daunt the Poles and the Czechs, who are to host the bases for the Pentagon's silos for 10 ballistic missile interceptor rockets. The missile that has been finalised to be deployed in retaliation in Kaliningrad is Iskander-M.

The location of deployment and choice of the missile both say much about Russia’s position on this current tussle. During the cold war, Kaliningrad was perceived as the first line of defence against an aggression from the west. Russia condensed its strategic presence in the region post Cold War, but it still has tens of thousands of troops and quite a few key bases there, counting the Chernyakhovsk naval air base as well as the Baltic Fleet's headquarters at Baltiysk.

Named after the greatest conquer of all time, Alexander of Macedon, Iskander-M missile system, or SS-26 as NATO would like to call it, will be Russia’s new armoury in the region. “The deployment of Iskander that has a range of more than 300 miles would equip Russia to mark the entire territory of Poland and also parts of the Czech Republic,” said Anatoly Tsyganok, a military expert at Military Forecast Centre, while talking to TSI from Moscow. Iskander launchers are mounted on an eight-wheeled truck, making them extremely manoeuvrable. The missile’s “variable flight trajectory” means it is tricky to knock down. However, it has not been made clear on the Russian part whether the Iskanders to be deployed in Kaliningrad will have a nuclear payload or not.


Saurabh Kumar Shahi



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The religion factor

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In the land of holy cow, innocence is being milked. Religion has always led to financial greed but it becomes a mockery if 'con' games are played. Certain temples have 'express darshan' for the rich. This not only makes religion a 'bias' but also insults the poor. God has become big business and suddenly the poor are finding out that money can even get you superfast darshans. The meek wait in a line patiently while the rich meet god in a sort of tatkaal form. Religion has become like a deadly game. If the cow can be used, then we have reached the last stage of deceit.

Savita Sakhrani

Pune


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Gag Disorder!

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Who said comedies need a script and great punches? If you ask Rohit Shetty, the director of Golmaal Returns, he would tell you to just spoof some already unfunny movies, go to the internet and pick up some age-old one-liners and if it is a sequel, then pay a tribute to the original, and the movie is ready! It seems as if No Entry, Golmaal, Hungama and Welcome amalgamated to produce the disaster called Golmaal Returns.

The story is of K-serial obsessed Kareena Kapoor who suspects her husband when he spends one whole night on a yacht and cooks up a story to save his skin. Add to that a murder mystery, some villains and a dollop of confusion and you have the hotchpotch of a plot ready.

Even if you overlook some technical errors like the dead guy visibly blinking and the hideous and done-to-death scenes, you cannot discount great actors like Arshad Warsi (he laughs even before delivering the dialogues) and Ajay Devgan (he just looks bored) goofing up. Kareena Kapoor is back to her Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai days and overacts to the hilt. Shreyas Talpade does a decent job but one tends to miss the presence of Sharman Joshi who was brilliant the first time around. But the man who steals the show is Tusshar Kapoor in what is probably the role of a lifetime for him where he has been amazingly consistent in both movies.

The movie has nothing original, lacks wit, chemistry and innovative gags. Even if you left your brains at home, you might have a lopsided smile but nothing more than that. And to think that they are coming up with a third sequel… Aarghhh!!!


Aakriti Bhardwaj


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The Princess,Benazir Bhutto was a ray of hope for all those who cherish a democratic polity in Pakistan.

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On 16th November, 1988, Benazir Bhutto was elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan in the first ever open elections of the country. Veteran Scribe, Shahid Husain, recalls the life and times of the late premier.

Despite her impulsive behaviour, Benazir Bhutto was a ray of hope for all those who cherish a democratic polity in Pakistan. She braved imprisonment and exile and her charisma attracted the downtrodden and the elite alike. She was no doubt like a princess and went away like a martyr.

I remember when Benazir Bhutto arrived in Pakistan in 1986 after self-exile in Britain, she drew huge crowds in many cities of Pakistan including Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. The province was traditionally dominated by nationalist Baloch veterans like Nawab Khair Bux Marri, Sardar Ataullah Mengal and Ghous Bux Bizenjo.

When military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq perished in a mysterious air crash on August 17, 1988, along with several top generals and the then US ambassador in Pakistan, Bhutto was the only alternative for a demoralised army. She was also a source of strength for thousands of political activists in Pakistan who were imprisoned, tortured and even flogged by the military dictator who ruled the country for 11 long years through sheer force and demagogy.

There was euphoria in the masses when she again arrived in Pakistan in 1988. Upon hearing the news that Bhutto had swept the elections, I remember common men and women had danced in the streets, distributed sweets and prostrated before God. However, her brother Mir Murtaza Bhutto, who was brutally murdered in a police shoot-out during the second tenure of Bhutto, believed otherwise. He thought Bhutto had made a compromise with the establishment since she agreed that Ghulam Ishaq Khan would continue as president and Sahibzada Yaqub Khan, Foreign Minister during the Zia era, would continue in the same capacity.

I also remember that Bhutto’s stance to ease tension with India was resented by the establishment. There were accusations in the newspapers that Bhutto had passed on secrets to the Indian government regarding Sikh extremists who were allegedly trained in Pakistan. This was nothing new. In 1972, when her father Zulfikar Ali Bhutto signed the historic Simla Accord, he was also accused by right-wing parties of compromising on the national interests.


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Nirupam has since left the Sena and now swears by the Congress and Sonia Gandhi.

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Without a shadow of doubt, Mumbai will burn if the loud speakers are used to match the provocative language used by MNS activists. Extremists on both sides are itching for a confrontation. If that happens, the riots unleashed recently by MNS and Shiv Sena activists will look like a harmless school picnic.

The transformation of Chhath from a purely religious affair to one potent with communal violence can be traced to the identity politics in Mumbai. By the late 1980s, north Indians had emerged as a powerful vote bank in many parts of the city. The Congress had Krupa Shankar Singh, the Santa Cruz MLA – currently President of Mumbai Congress. The Shiv Sena projected a former journalist, Sanjay Nirupam, as the saffron champion of north Indian interests. Nirupam has since left the Sena and now swears by the Congress and Sonia Gandhi. And he is again ready to defend the right of north Indians to celebrate Chhath. Incidentally, Nirupam is credited with pioneering the mass celebration of Chhath festival at Juhu beach, an annual event that is now more a burlesque carnival than a holy occasion.

Till recently, this lane near Milan subway – from where you can see aircrafts landing and taking off from Santa Cruz airport – was not throbbing with activity. The Jupiter building didn’t have people queuing up for favours. But now that Krupa Shankar Singh has become the Mumbai Congress President, there is a huge crowd of favour seekers lined up outside Jupiter building and the usual police bandobast. The living room of his sixth floor flat is full of admirers, supporters and sundry party types who hang around politicians when the latters' stars are again on the ascendant. Singh speaks Marathi fluently and now faces a cruel dilemma. He owes his political rise to committed north Indian voters. And yet, he condemns Nirupam for turning the Chhath festival into a provocative tamasha (farce). “Chhath is about deep and personal bonding with God. My wife fasts for three days. Why destroy its sanctity by getting dancing girls to perform during the festival?”


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