A rare ‘Pratibha’ to rise to the top

“I got to know about her candidature from the news on television. She has given me numerous shocks in life, but clearly this was the biggest one and we are still trying to get over it," commented Dr. Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, the husband of the UPA-Left presidential candidate Pratibha Patil. An unassuming person and a low profile figure, 'Pratibhatai' as she is known fondly-has indeed come into national and international limelight, due to her candidature for elections to the highest constitutional post in the country. Although it is her gender that has indeed helped her to score a march over the other heavyweights being considered for the post, she is a woman of substance in more ways than one.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

Israel has long since decided that it has no interest in renewing its control over the Gaza Strip.

The world must recognise that the hopes stirred by the 1990’s peace process have been completely dashed. In effect, Hamas has returned the conflict to the 1960’s and 1970’s, when progress toward peace had to await the PLO’s readiness to stop using terrorism and accept Israel’s existence. Israel’s survival and full right to total self-defense has to be now supported internationally, and the slander and demonisation of recent years should also end.

The strategic implications for the region are equally grim. Hamas’s takeover of Gaza is a victory for the bloc is comprising Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah, as well as the separate branches of the Muslim Brotherhood (of which Hamas is one) seeking to capture power in their own countries. These forces fully comprehend that the most important global contest today is between radical Islamism and the rest of the world. The question is when the rest of the world will figure that out.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

The real and reel Sivaji jhooms

South Indian superstar Rajnikant’s recently released Sivaji: The Boss has created waves in the country and also abroad. Sivaji is the country’s most expensive film till date (Rs.600-800 million) and had a record breaking advance booking which accounted for Rs.20 million. In many parts of the country, people paid between Rs.1,000-1,500 to watch it. The mania is not restricted to the country alone. It featured at number 9 in UK Top 10 list (quite an achievement for a regional Indian film). The movie attracted a full week show in Chicago too.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

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