An undeclared space race...

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Can the emerging Asian giants make better use of space?

In every human history era, the history has witnessed a race, that is ‘the race for supremacy’. Whenever a country tried to emerge as a powerhouse, it tried to capture all the three spheres – land, water & space. In Cold War era, USSR launched its first artificial satellite in 1957. 50 years later, an undeclared race is again being repeated in the space. But this time, it is between three Asian giants – China, Japan & India. Japan, a US ally has launched its first satellite, around the moon, this year. It was followed by China with its successful launch of Chang’e-1. Both will start sending images by the end of this year, while India is going to join the race by next year.

Though, the claim has often been to use such missions to learn more about the topography of the moon, in the hindsight it is taken for granted that such endeavours would invariable fine tune their inter continental ballistic missile capabilities. Launching of satellites is not a new proposition for either of the three stated nations, yet launching of a moon mission would boost their confidence when time comes to striking with precision distant targets. In each of the cases, the three countries have individual priorities of geo-strategic security, which is getting bolstered with technological feats in the garb of the moon mission. While for long, Japan had legitimate concerns with respect to the increasing capability and intrasigence of North Korea, China at the same time was concerned with Japan coming under the proposed US Ballistic Missile Shield Program. In case of India, the increasing capability of China and its bonhomie with Pakistan has been a reason enough to give more importance to its ICBM capability. What better way to fine tune it than to go for a moon mission under ISRO? If the purpose were to get more data on moon, then the data from NASA from its moon missions which started nearly 40 years back was good enough for the same. But as you know, ‘Nothing is what it seems.’


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‘Marc’ his words! The US is not in safe hands?

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Bernanke’s new-found love for asset markets will erode the value of US dollar

I was about to write that in a ‘normal’ economic system, the least risky asset is cash parked in short term government paper or cash on deposit. Low risk and high liquidity also means that the return on cash tends to be lower than the returns on equities, bonds and real estate. However, since I am no longer sure what ‘normal’ is, I decided to amend the above truism to ‘in a balanced and non-inflationary economic system’ cash is the safest asset. Clearly, this does no longer seem to be the case. Cash is losing its purchasing power – it would seem – at an accelerating rate against other assets because of the Federal Reserve’s expansionary monetary policies.

Precious metals have, as has been the case since 2000, significantly out-performed US financial assets. So, what we are faced with is the following: The worse the economic and financial conditions of the US become, the more ‘cash’ will lose its value against assets, which have now become the world’s monetary system’s ‘new money’, courtesy of irresponsible central bankers under the leadership of the US Federal Reserve. The reason for this sad state of affairs is that the Fed, after having created a ‘monstrous’ financial sector, through expansionary monetary policies over the last 25 years or so, does not have the will to tackle the ‘causes’ of the current financial mess it created, but is perfectly happy to treat the symptoms of the problem by printing paper money at an accelerating rate (in the third quarter, MZM grew at an annual rate of more than 18%). Mind you, the symptoms of the Fed’s total incompetence became already evident with the NASDAQ bubble in 1999/2000, the fraudulent credit erected housing and sub-prime lending bubble from 1999 to 2006, and more recently with the ‘Structured Investment Vehicles’ of financial institutions (which were - simply put - designed to bypass reserve requirements) as well as with the collapse of Mortgage Insurance Companies’ stock prices.

But now, with additional fed funds rate cuts the Fed is adding to the symptoms of its incompetence symptoms of its ‘irresponsibility’ and its well-deserved ‘mockery’. How can a responsible central bank cut interest rates and pursue an expansionary monetary policy when the stock market is close to an all time high and when it is faced with a weak currency and soaring food and commodity prices? ‘Only in America’ one should say because the US-infected IMF & World Bank would advise any country under these conditions to ‘tighten’ monetary policies and to raise interest rates. But since the Fed’s only objective today is to ‘inflate’ asset markets, further at the expense of totally debasing the currency, we need to look at a new currency as a ‘unit of account’ and as a ‘store of value’. In my opinion, the world’s new currency with the qualities of being a ‘unit of account’ and ‘store of value’ will be gold and to a lesser extent, other precious metals.


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A young turk in the Congress regime

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#. Kamal Nath

The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry was also honoured with the 2007 FDI Personality of the Year award. Controversies or not, he’s a ‘smooth operator’!

A young turk in the Congress regime, Kamal Nath, has stood by the party through highs & lows. He is one of the most popular faces for the Indian government at international forums, the most important being the Doha Conference. As the minister for commerce, his achievements have been appreciated by all. Despite many controversies, he deserves credit for infusing life into the steel & textile sector in the country (along with Ramvilas Paswan). He was a integral part in the recent WTO negotiations. He’s truly the ‘Trade Man of India’; and his 40-year contribution testifies...


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A classical cricketer, who plays every stroke in the book

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#. Rahul Dravid

A classical cricketer, who plays every stroke in the book

Cricket commentator Gautam Bhimani on Dravid’s strokes

“I think Rahul’s biggest strengths are his ability to be calm under pressure, to be dignified in victory and defeat and be a thinking man, on and off the field. I personally admire his studied calm under pressure. His handling of on field pressure is second to none and he has shown great character and resolve on several occasions when even the slightest bit of panic on his part would have triggered a collapse for the team. He has handled controversy very deftly, perhaps sometimes a little too diplomatically but that is his style and he should not change.”


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50 Most Admired Indians

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The 4Ps B&M 2008 power list of ‘India’s 50 Most Admired People’ aptly reflects the changing moods of a young and dynamic nation.

Fame is a fickle home, built in the most seismic zone on the planet. In capitalism conversant and demographically youthful India, avaricious growth tempered by capricious ambitions lend themselves to frequent fluctuations in fame and fortune. In fact, for a nation constantly hunting for role models, imitable icons and influential ideals therefore change by the minute (or sometimes perhaps even a nanosecond will suffice!) The 4Ps B&M 2008 power list of ‘India’s 50 Most Admired People’ aptly reflects the changing moods of a young and dynamic nation. As many as 15 people who made it to the 2007 list of most admired Indians, have just as easily dropped out of the 2008 rankings, among them stars and stalwarts such as Barkha Dutt, Yash Chopra, Medha Patkar, Kajol and Satya Sai Baba – a function perhaps of a young nation’s short memory and even shorter attention span for hero-worship of any kind.


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With huge expansion plans ahead…

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...threats are actually opportunities for the Kotak Mahindra Bank!

With a huge array of banking products in the market, the competition is ripe at the moment. Kotak Group is synonymous, not only with banking products, but a slew of other services in insurance, mutual funds, investment banking, equities etc. Kotak Mahindra Group’s flagship company, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. boasts of 149 full-fledged branches, as of December 31, 2007. In a free-wheeling conversation with 4Ps B&M, K. V. S. Manian, Head, Retail Liabilities & Branch Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank, reveals the bank’s future plans.

All banks are focusing on the retail segment. How do you plan to stay ahead in the race?

Competition in a free market is a reality. We plan to distinguish ourselves through a differentiated customer proposition, which is based on three fundamental pillars. Quality of service & superior convenience through well trained people & state-of-the-art technology; one Kotak brand experience through a well integrated group platform of processes & products, offering seamless experience to customers and superior execution of the intended strategy for customer acquisition, reach, brand creation and cutting edge products in line with the target customer needs.

Who is your biggest competitor in the market?

This is a very large & fragmented market and you can’t name one particular bank as competition. For different products and services we benchmark ourselves with the best in that aspect of the business. Also competition varies depending on product, customer segment, and/or geography.

What market share are you commanding at present?

Our share of deposits will be close to 0.8% of the banking system. In most retail asset products, we will be among the top 5-6 players. In distribution of wealth and insurance products also we are among the top 5-6 players in the market.


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Is this the end of YRF’s Tashan?

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Novelty has become the name of the game and those refusing to realize this are biting the dust, as is YRF.

Creative people have a shelf life. Be it Suraj Barjatya, Ram Gopal Verma or Subhash Ghai... they all once ruled the 70mm silver screen; but with their insistence on sticking to their past beaten tracks, their movies now are not something you’ll write home to your mother about. The big difference over the last few years (ever since YRF lost the track) has been the multiplex culture. And wait a minute, it is more than just a jargon. Earlier, people used to go for about 4 to 6 films a year. So, an SRK, Amitabh starrer was a must see, regardless of the story. It was a spectacle and a must (so the otherwise silly Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham was a super hit). With the coming in of multiplexes, normal people too are going for a film almost every fortnight, if not every week. In a country where weekend picnic spots are few, multiplexes have brought in a sense of weekend relaxation with their lovely ambience. And that’s what has changed the Indian moviegoer. He now sees too many movies, and has no patience for a bad product, regardless of its star cast or packaging. So a no star Bheja Fry or a Mithya becomes a hit, while a huge starrer Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna or Tashan flops on the first Monday itself! The idea is to give quality stories with novelty. The no-brainer love stories of the Karan Johar variety have no takers anymore. Novelty has become the name of the game and those refusing to realize this are biting the dust, as is YRF.

Quiz Nandy and he is quick to answer, “Every creative organization or person is born with a sell-by date. The point is, Yash Raj Film’s have refused to change [their creative offering] with the changing audience preferences; that is why their sell-by date is approaching.” Or is it already past? Critic Taran Adarsh feels, “Yash Raj has lost its charm and magic.” Planman Motion Pictures Shubho Shekhar shares, “I won’t say whether YRF’s end is near; but what has surely come to an end is the monopoly of filmmakers. The audience has given its clear verdict that it’s not going to tolerate a film without a good script and an interesting story,.” Will YRF ever wake up to escape this quagmire? Mahesh Bhatt hypothesizes, “Once you taste failure, you go humble. Failure actually reconnects you with the audience. It will happen in the case of Yash Raj too.”

It is evident that the senior Chopra has to take the reins strictly in his hands once more and display his master ability to keep up with the times (Don’t forget, it’s the same man who directed Waqt in 1965, as well as Dil To Pagal Hai in 1997) once more; and then, slowly, with the help of professionals, turn this family venture into a world-class studio. If he fails to do it now, he might lose the bus forever! Now, it’s not just a matter of whether they change, and urgently, but for the first time perhaps, the Yash Raj Films banner is in the danger of actually seeing their hard earned cash run out even before you can whisper Jack Robinson... Well, they say there’re two things common between a movie and a mistress. They both cost a lot of money to be maintained. And the other? Well, someone’s about to find that out too soon...


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