http://www.equitymaster.com/sfth/ J Mulraj is a stockmarket columnist and observer of long standing. His weekly column on stockmarkets has run for over 17 years. An MBA from IIM Kolkata, he has been a member of the BSE. He is now India Representative for Institutional Investor. A keen observer of events and trends, he writes in a lucid yet readable style and takes up issues on behalf of the individual investor. Nothing pleases him more than a reader who confesses having no interest in stockmarkets yet being a reader of his columns. His other interests include reading, both fiction and non fiction, bridge, snooker and chess. http://www.equitymaster.com/sfth/SFTH_header_rss.jpg http://www.equitymaster.com/sfth/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes http://feeds.equitymaster.com/~r/jmulraj/~3/kEZymzfuwIk/detail.asp Finance Minister P Chidambaram has made several trips overseas to tell foreign investors that India is serious about attracting them to invest here. He has at least one convert, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain, who maintains that Chidambaram is doing an excellent job.... 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For crimes committed by one person (or by a Government) the punishment is borne by others. There are several examples.... 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Last week we witnessed several more distressing examples of this.... 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