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Consistently retaining its place in the list of the ten most poorest countries of the world is Malawi. As per HDI 2006, about 65.3% of the people are below national poverty line & approximately 43% below the international poverty line.

Malawi is being macerated not just by poverty, huge debts, poor education & environmental problems but also by health problems like Tuberculosis which has evoked the need for a nick name called ‘The Big Cough’. The economical scenario is beleaguering big time with a per capita income of merely $600. Of the population consisting of 10 million people, 6.53 million people are poor in Malawi, about 90% stay in the tribal villages thereby earning their living through fishing, farming or through tobacco production, which also happens to be the country’s key agricultural source. Malawi garners 90% of its export earnings from agricultural goods & the its GNP owes 38% to agriculture, vindicating the overriding dependency on agriculture of this poverty ridden country. To worsen matters, the country is also witnessing a rise in number of HIV victims. Malawi’s economy is apparently following a steep downward sloping curve. Despite the retrogressive nature of the country, it would not be an overstatement to say that Malawi can still recuperate from its contemptible state. Apart from being the member of several international organisations, Malawi has always treaded the part of a pro-Western foreign policy. Apart from maintaining cordial relation with big names like the US, Canada, Germany, Ireland, the World Bank & IMF, Malawi is also focusing on community empowerment through the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, which was introduced in 2002. Along with the Malawi National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Fresh Water Project, Euthini Water & Sanitation Project etc are definite steps towards right direction, but then these intervention are too limited considering the depth of predicament. The transition would be challenging but then that’s how great nations are made.

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Day-tripping in Denver!

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Say Denver and the first thing that comes to mind is, of course, the Denver Broncos (one of the most successful football teams in the history of American National Football League)... Then obviously, the famed country music singer, late John Denver… But Denver city, to the slightly above average tourist, means much more than that! Imagine a city where snow and the sun hit you with the same ferocity and on the same day (Denver claims more than 300 sunny days every year)! While in the east, there are to be ogled at, some of the world’s most breathtaking skyscrapers, and in the west, the most beautiful extreme in the United States – the Rocky Mountains. Imagine where citizens not only strive towards making the city law-abiding and reducing the number of homeless, but also at the same time aims towards legalising marijuana... There you have Denver (also called the Mile-High City situated that it is exactly one mile above sea level), the most populous city in the State of Colorado, and its capital, of course.

With the country’s largest city-park structure (a whopping 200 odd parks and 90 golf courses) and the second-largest Performing Arts Centre, the city also teems with over 40 museums (many nationally recognised, including the nouveau wing of the Denver Art Museum by the world-famous architect Daniel Libeskind) and an inviting 850 miles of hiking and biking pathways. With the award of being ‘the healthiest city in the whole of America,’ it’s no surprise that Forbes magazine has ranked Denver, for the third year in a row, as the number one city in the nation for singles!

Before we forget, at least don’t visit Denver for the sake of John Denver. God rest his soul; neither was he born in Denver (but in Roswell, New Mexico) nor was ‘Denver’ his real name (‘twas Henry John Deutschendorf Jr)! Rather, the coming months (July-August) provide you with better reasons, what with Denver hosting three internationally acclaimed festivals – the not-so-subtle Cherry Creek Arts Festival, the cultural bulwark Evergreen Jazz Festival and the thrillingly unmissable Rocky Mountains Balloon Festival! And for the intrepid Denver traveller, if a visit to the Zoo (no, not the White House) – the fourth most popular zoo in yankeeland – doesn’t rustle the animal instincts within you, one trip to the quintessential cowboy ‘Buffalo’ Bill’s Grave (and Museum) would be enough to smash you back into the heart of the Red-Indian ethos!

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The ‘Queer’ Commune

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Terms & conditions in love & sex are never accepted. ‘If gays & lesbians were to be tagged as criminals, just because their preferences do not fit into the perfect bracket, then even the varying methods of physical self gratification should be banned! My body, my vision, my likes, my love & my way is every individual’s right.” The Nigah Queer Fest held in Delhi between May 25 to June 3, helped gays & lesbians of different nationalities to come out & share their dilemmas & triumphs with an audience, which appreciated & understood their feelings of being ‘specially different’. Kuku, a queer, who was a part of the festival, feels delighted that an initiative of this sort was taken in India & considers it a great step to bring about ‘acceptability’ of queer existence in the world.

Lost & Found – a short black & white comedy focusing on two men, covertly flirting on a crowded bus – & other flicks like Milind Soman Made Me Gay, Coffee Date & Paper Dolls were shown at the festival. Normally deprived of movies that centre on their kind of relationships, these movies were a special treat for people from the gay community. Usually, movies project a sad miserable image of their lifestyle, however, here it was close to the real thing.

“I am a writer & have never faced any problem in my career because of me being gay. It was actually beneficial, but for my partner there have been ups & downs. He has lost 2 jobs. But now he will start something of his own. It’s sad, but...” Kuku trailed off . Kuku is like any one of us in many ways. He too desires a family as he feels parenting is important & hopes to adopt a baby girl in the near future. There are many others like Kuku who would want to do the same, but it’s only a handful of states in the entire world that permit adoption of a child by a couple of the same sex. India is home to millions of street children & orphans who live in absolute squalor & can, if the rules are relaxed, get a home, be parented & educated appropriately. But driven by the inhibitions of the society, the government holds fast to its prudish principles & thus consequently to its vote bank. By turning a blind eye to naked truths, we are killing the right of happiness for many gay people. When we proudly claim to be a democratic & liberal society in every other way, then why not in this aspect as well?

Nikhil (name changed), a queer & one of the organisers of The Nigah Queer Fest, looks at a positive possibility of making India as liberal as Holland. Nikhil says, “Indians are tolerant by nature & so I hope that the society will assimilate & accept the reality.” Nikhil feels that legality is a major issue but changing the mindset of the people is also important. “Unless you have legal change, you cannot proceed with the out-reach work. Issues like insurance, property etc. become questionable if being queer is not legalised. We are constantly harassed by the policemen – they pick up men from streets – & all this has to be changed,” rationalises Nikhil. Is it nature’s wish that we are refusing to acknowledge? Monica, who recited poems on gay love at the festival aptly remarked “I think we need to “de-criminalise”, not “legalise”. It is the process of engaging with the law in trying to get it to change – how the queer movement mobilises itself & articulates its demands for legal change – that really is more important than a change in the legal provision itself, though both are important.”

It’s about time we assimilate the insight on this issue & let this gift of God, even if be of a ‘different’ hue - bloom & blossom just as it should. Our political, rigid, jaded, rusty & confused minds need to let go off unreal ideals & not implement them by force or indulge in taming the gay & lesbians anymore. We live, we will live & till the time there is life on this planet, gays & lesbians should be allowed to live too.

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The New Great Game Is Truly On

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Back then, we wrote in the Business & Economy that Indian policy-makers are great at announcing a slew of new projects while it is nations like China that walk away with all the honours at the end of the day. We also wrote that energy security will become an issue that will be even more important than global terrorism. For better or for worse, we added that India is simply not exploiting the massive reserves of coal and its equally huge hydro-electric potential to satisfy rapidly growing demand for energy.

Nothing much has changed over the last two years. China continues to steal a march over India and even other countries, when it comes to persuading emerging suppliers of oil and gas to favour the Dragon. The disaster in Iraq shows how the whole Bush gambit was about energy security. And despite endless debates and seminars and talks, India continues to muddle its way through. There is no doubt that oil prices are not going to come down to old levels of $40 a barrel. So India has no choice but to keep looking for the elusive energy security that could determine the future of economic growth.

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The ‘Zee’ing thing?

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When queried by B&E about what has brought the zeal back in Zee, Ashish Kaul, Executive VP, Essel Group, attributed it to the change in leadership and mindset. He said that earlier Mr. Chandra was directly looking into the day-to-day operations and it was not humanly possible for one man to look into so many things. With the coming in of Pradeep Guha as CEO and Chandra’s son Puneet Goenka, things have changed. “People dropped their offensive mindset and teams have started working with synergy. Moreover, a centralised marketing and communication approach is being followed. Everything is being reflected in the work,” he had said.

While the group restructured itself internally, on the outer side of it too, Zee went through a restructuring exercise and Zee Telefilms has been hived off into four separate entities. Zee Entertainment Enterprise Ltd. (ZEEL) has the entertainment channels under it. Zee News Ltd. (ZNL) is for the news and regional channels. Wire & Wireless India Ltd. (WWIL) owns the Siti Cable brand, which is the largest MSO in the country and caters to approximately 55 million homes. Dish TV India Ltd. is for its Direct to Home (DTH) service, Dish TV. The exercise was aimed at further unlocking shareholder value and has been widely applauded. Analysts believe that the business portfolio of Chandra was getting too huge for one single company; the restructuring will pave the way to a more focussed approach (every entity now has its own CEO) and also provide greater clarity to shareholders. Moreover, it will take care of the investments, as there are different guidelines, limits & rules for different businesses.

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Rough patch ahead...

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Ever felt pity for the ones with paralysed lower limbs? “Of course!” is obviously what comes as a knee-jerk response from your end… Next on the imagination exercise, think of an automobile – old or new, two or three or fourwheeled – without tyres! Ever thought about it? “What was that?! How can there be one without wheels?!”, would be your fair response. And that would be a fair response. Very fair indeed, just like the tyre industry is fair in bragging about its singularly prodigious contribution to the double digit growth in the auto industry. So the next time you want to question the self-assured tyre manufacturers on why they don’t advertise much, repeat the imagination exercise and you’d question no more!

In a quest to unravel the real truth behind the wheels – an industry which churns out a cyclopean Rs.135 billion annually (1.2 million metric tonnes in production), we set-off on a most scorching hot summer afternoon to Apollo Tyres’ Gurgaon head-office. The most beautifully maintained garden was a refreshing sight and sans the ‘Apollo Tyres’ logo, we’d be befuddled judging the set-up to be anything else but a tyre company’s office! Now the question is - why did we choose Apollo Tyres of all in the industry?

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Thriving on challenges….

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While analysts are quite impressed with Reliance’s stellar performance on a consistent basis, they are quite cautiously optimistic about the sustainability of the company’s performance. States Raj Gandhi, “Reliance is undertaking too many projects at the same time. The execution of these projects may become a headache for Reliance in the long term. And with Reliance venturing into myriad businesses, they also give rise to newer challenges. States Anshukant Taneja, Analyst, Standard & Poor’s (which rates RIL as stable with respect to its financial obligations, but susceptible to changing economic conditions), “The ratings remain constrained by RIL’s exposure to highly cyclical industries, large capital commitments in refining & petrochemicals business and uncertainty in developing its reportedly large gas reserves.

Add to that the myriad investment plans in new capital intensive ventures like retail, SEZs (where the company is lining up investments of around Rs.400 billion)and life sciences. Take the instance of retail, where the company has committed investments of Rs.250 billion and is now expanding to other retail formats like consumer durables (Reliance Digital), FMCG, healthcare & apparel. Bijay Sahoo; President & Chief People Officer of Reliance Retail, mentions while speaking exclusively to B&E on how they plan to handle the emerging situation in the sector, “Our plan is to build the supply side of the talent. We have done the need analysis and are working on the development plan; in this country we have a lot of raw talent and we need to transform that talent... the industry has limited availability...”

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