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| Amitav Ghosh on 'Sea of Poppies' |
| More than 20 years after writing his first novel, writer Amitav Ghosh is still drawing on his favourite subjects of history and anthropology to weave his stories. |
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| There's a simple solution: Mamata |
| As her indefinite dharna on the land acquisition continues, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee in an exclusive interview maintained the Tatas should return 400 acres of land to the farmers as it is their natural right. |
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| Ratan Tata |
| Extremely pained over Nano pullout |
| 'We have not decided where the plant would be shifted. We have offers from three or four state governments which we are exploring. And these are hopefully without opposing parties...' |
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| Gopinath |
| Keen to buy back Deccan |
| Even as consolidation is taking place in the aviation industry, G R Gopinath, vice-chairman, Kingfisher, is still batting for the low-cost airline model. He says the death of this model will not be good for the country and consumers. |
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| Bhaskar Bhat |
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| Arun Kumar Jagatramka |
| Economy not in recession: Jagatramka |
| Arun Kumar Jagatramka, vice chairman & managing director, Gujarat NRE Coke, said the Indian economy is not going to go into recession or depression. |
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| Adrian Mowat |
| Road ahead is bumpy: Mowat |
| Adrian Mowat, chief Asian equity strategist, JP Morgan, said it is time to stop chasing growth in earnings. |
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| Jyotivardhan Jaipuria |
| Investors can make money |
| Jyotivardhan Jaipuria, head of research, DSP Merrill Lynch, said earnings are actually going to be slow over the next 12 months... |
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| Lorraine Tan |
| Sentiment to improve next year |
| Lorraine Tan, head of Asia-Pacific equity research, S&P, said sentiment will start to improve in 2009. She added that there will be a 10% upside in the markets from next year with the first half being quite weak. |
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| Prithvi Haldea |
| India Inc fund crunch intensifies |
| India Inc has raised only Rs 31,132 crore in the current financial year (till October) when compared with Rs 1,89, 882 crore in the previous fiscal. |
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| Suesh Mahadevan |
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| K R Bharat |
| We are in a bear market |
| K R Bharat, managing director, Advent Advisors, said we are in a bear market and not in a consolidating market |
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| Shashank Khade |
| Banks need to factor in risks |
| Shashank Khade, senior vice president (portfolio management services), Kotak Securities, said the balance sheets of banks are not reflecting the stress seen in the real economy |
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| Shiela Dixit |
| Development not an end |
| Shiela Dixit, Chief Minister of Delhi, tells UTVi why people should vote for her this time as well. She also explained as to what she meant by her remark “adventurous” afrerjournalist Soumya Vishwanathan’s murder. |
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| Mahesh Vyas |
| GDP growth to be 8.2% |
| Mahesh Vyas, managing director & chief executive officer, CMIE, said the economic growth forecast has been reduced from 8.7% to 8.2% |
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| Adi Godrej |
| India needs fiscal stimulus |
| Adi Godrej, chairman and managing director, Godrej Group, said global commodity prices are coming down, which is good news for the FMCG sector. "FMCG demand also continues to be quite good... so, generally, FMCG would have a very good year nexy year." |
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| Vijay Malhotra |
| Full statehood very essential |
| Vijay Malhotra, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) chief ministerial candidate for Delhi, tells UTVi why Delhi needs a change. He says getting full statehood is necessary for undertaking developmental activities and stopping terror in Delhi. |
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| Nandan Nilekani |
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| MV Nair |
| We want to be with the SMEs’ |
| MV Nair, Chairman & Managing Director, Union Bank of India, tells UTVi that these are troubled times and the bank is ready to help the small and medium enterprises by rescheduling loans |
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| Vikram Sood |
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| Vijay Sakhuja |
| 'Intelligence is a civic service' |
| Maritime security expert Commodore Vijay Sakhuja says that we must invest in technology to enable our security forces deal in a better way with situations like the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attack in the future. |
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