Tumbling on one too many, the view of the panoramic creations of man through the extensive windows overwhelmed me!

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The Destination Dossier

Steering the course:

Reach Brussels by any airline and take a coach/cab drive to Bruges.

Cosy corners:

Many lodging options like hotels, youth hostels and holiday flats are available. You could opt for Lucca, which is reasonable and comfortable.

The ‘season’ed traveller goes now:

It is inviting all year round with cool summers and comfortable winters.

‘Savour’ faire:

Dip fritters in different sauces along with beer and truffles in varied shapes to savour the taste of a sumptuous meal.

Get to work:

Do take time out to pass by the canals, the modest almshouses and the museums galore.

What’s the word?

Although English is spoken, you could greet people in dutch with goedenavond (good evening) and a word like hoeveel (how much) can come handy while shopping!

Keepsake courtesies:

Diamonds, lacework, chocolates, beer… there’s something for all tastes.


Abhay Sachar


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A family woman, Tell us how important is the role of a mother in a child’s life, especially when they are young?

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B&E's Priyanka Rai in an exclusive one on one with Priyanka Gandhi

The riddle that is Priyanka Gandhi (PG) is yet to be solved. She campaigns for her mother, her brother, delivers real gains for the party, but then returns home to discuss homework. In spite of all the opportunity and potential to be a good leader she has never displayed any ambition to carve out a political career but has always given importance to the need to look after her kids.

B&E: In contemporary India you stand out as a role model. In spite of pressure from Congress and people to join politics, you always gave importance to your family. Tell us how important is the role of a mother in a child’s life, especially when they are young? PG: I think it is absolutely the most important role in a child’s life. In many ways she shapes the child’s character, not by forcing her own rules on him but just by her attitude towards the children. I think it is very important for a mother to be by her children as far as possible.

B&E: Don’t you think the career oriented moms should take a lesson from you. You have all the opportunity to reach the top in politics but you prefer to stay home and look after your family? PG: See, for some people it is not possible because they have to work to support their family financially. But as far as possible they should let the children know they are there.

B&E: Do you agree that a mother’s job is the most difficult job in the world? PG: Yes, I totally agree that it is the most difficult job in the world.

B&E: Why is it that the young nation like India is lead by people who are mostly above 60/70? Don’t you think its high time political parties should allow the youngsters to come forward? PG: I certainly think that more and more young people should join politics and more and more young people should take up these responsibility.

B&E: But it is not that easy for youngsters to come forward. PG: My brother has started a drive for young people to join the Youth Congress. I think it is a really good and hopefully more youngsters will come forward to join politics.

B&E: Don’t you think there should be a retirement age policy for politicians as well? PG: It is really not for me to say. I am the youngest among them and I am not even a politician.

B&E: The opposition considers you a bigger threat than Rahul Gandhi? PG: Then they don’t know Rahul (says it very sternly).

B&E: But don’t you think your participation will be more beneficial for the Congress party? PG: I am participating.



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Mind it, there’ll be the devil to pay if you break...

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Mind it, there’ll be the devil to pay if you break...

Sarkozy makes little secret of his disdain for members of his own party, luring Socialists like Kouchner and Rama Yade, the junior minister for foreign affairs, into his cabinet, and naming retired Socialist politicians like former Prime Minister Michel Rocard to head national commissions and represent France in international treaty negotiations. Sarkozy can afford to thumb his nose at his party, given the total collapse of the opposition Socialists, who will almost certainly lose the 2012 election.

If Sarkozy governed effectively, such political and institutional departures might seem like a breath of fresh air in a society whose institutions seem increasingly ill-suited to the challenges of a multi-ethnic and post-industrial society. That was how many who supported Sarkozy’s presidential bid viewed him. Sarkozy would be for France what Margaret Thatcher was for Britain: someone who would lead the country out of its impasse, conserving the best aspects of dirigisme but finally giving entrepreneurs room to grow, cracking down on crime, and reforming education. But Sarkozy has not governed effectively, as his party’s disenchantment with him and polling data make abundantly clear. The manic character of his presidency – initiative spilling into initiative, each being the transformative solution to the problem at hand, all opposition denounced as lies, bad faith, and cowardice – has worn thin.


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Campaigners = Cheerleaders, The campaigns further saw promotion in all possible ways,

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Money spinning politicians have become promotional machines

If election is termed as a sport then campaigners would surely be cheerleaders. Election campaign is turning out to be the most glamorous part of modern election exercises in India. Political parties go left, right and centre to cash on to their campaigns and let no opportunity go by to praise them. The whole trend of expensive and extensive campaigning started after BJP’s India Shining campaign.

This year newspapers were filled with advertisements from ministries of health, social justice, food processing, science and technology, commerce and human resource developments. Each state government too gave full page advertisements boasting about their achievements in leading dailies. Be it about some half-completed flyovers or some airport developments or even gloomy 2010 Commonwealth Games, incumbents bluntly took credit for everything. A whopping $40 million was spent on the “Bharat Nirman” pre-election campaign by UPA while the BJP invested $70 million on Advani’s campaigning alone. As if these tangible forms of campaigning were not enough to redefine the definition of election campaign then few ministers went ahead and made futile and controversial promises as well. Vilasrao Deshmukh assured Muslims that the Government would give them preference in police jobs. The campaigns further saw promotion in all possible ways, be it through creating interactive web sites, re-composing famous songs or even calling in stars and celebrities to perform and even dance. The whole pomp and show of election is never less than any Bollywood star-studded event. And why not? With everything getting commercialised, how can one even think that election campaigns will remain a mere road show? Keep watching, there’s more to come.


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The new railways business has, in particular, been a stupendous success story last year.

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Interestingly, GAIL takes the honours in the oil & gas sector. And justifiably so, the company, which has also benefitted from its towering presence in the gas sector, is slowly, yet steadily, playing the high stakes game, which is working in its favour. Starting from purely gas transmission, it has now spread its tentacles into E&P, gas marketing, processing, production and marketing of petrochemicals like HDPE and LLDPE and leasing telecom bandwidth. However, the company remains prone to a slew of external risks and has already faced problems maintaining a healthy balance sheet in the quarter ending December 2009, thanks to a drastic fall in the price of crude (see related Corporation on GAIL, B&E Issue dated April 16, 2009). Going further, the emergence of competitors like Reliance is going to make life harder for this Navaratna PSU. Besides, the subsidy burden will continue to take its toll on profitability.

It’s a company that is often criticised for the average age of its management; for it’s simply too high and the company has been caught napping on the issue of succession planning. More recently, it just lost the Satyam bidding war to Tech Mahindra. But Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has done exceptionally well in the capital goods sector with a triple digit PAT growth of 105.79% for the period! Their order book for FY 2008-09 has swelled to Rs.520 billion, as compared to Rs.420 billion for FY 2007-08. Surely this is a company whose recession proof strategies merit analysis. Actually, the company has been building capacities and capabilities steadily over the years to create sustainable value. The new railways business has, in particular, been a stupendous success story last year. The company has also intensified its investments in the power sector, with renewed focus on nuclear power projects for future sustainability.


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Small package...,Ratan Tata’s dream to manufacture the world’s cheapest car,

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...but is the Tata Nano actually going to be a good thing for Tata Motors? The answer to that question is littered with ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’

How expensive (oops, cheap) is Tata Nano? Well, it’s as ‘expensive’ as a CD player fitted into the ultra luxurious Lexus. So, for a Lexus-owner, Tata Nano may just appear to be a toy, but for Ratan Tata and millions of Indians, Nano personifies their reveries – Ratan Tata’s dream to manufacture the world’s cheapest car, and the hope of millions of Indians who always aspired to own and drive a four-wheeler. Though the people’s car was launched on March 23, 2009, it is expected that bookings would commence only by the second week of April. If you thought that manufacturing the world’s cheapest car was the most daunting task, then think again, for achieving break-even looks even more daunting.

As if ominously, Tata Motors suffered a net loss of Rs.2.63 billion for the quarter ending December 2008 – a dreadful decline by 152%. The earning per share (EPS), too, went down to a negative Rs.5.51 per share for the quarter from a healthy Rs.12.95 yoy. Its arch rivals Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motors posted healthy numbers at a time when Tata Motors saw a fall of 19% in total sales for the month of February. Will Tata Nano indeed be their saving grace?


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Look, the way out of a dark mist is not really ‘EZ’

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As the real crisis lender, IMF must tailor its policies & provide pre-crisis financing

The International Monetary Fund should be an essential port of call for emerging-market and developing countries facing financing needs. With its ability to mobilise large financial resources and buttress policy credibility, the IMF can help mitigate the large economic and social costs often associated with crises. Against this background, the world has come together in the midst of the crisis to radically overhaul the framework for IMF lending.

Now and in the future, the world needs the IMF to respond flexibly and effectively to its members’ needs. First and foremost, our financing packages should be large enough relative to the size of the problem to make a difference. In addition, the absence of an IMF insurance facility with acceptable terms has been a major gap in the global financial architecture, especially for the more dynamic emerging-market economies. This is despite all the evidence of the value of early access to IMF financing, before a tough situation deteriorates into a crisis.


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