Posted by: Pradeep Dhaka on: March 12, 2009

The March issue of the Business and Economy magazine presents an interesting cover story about the Tata’s. Its cover story, “Tata’s CATCH 65” talks about Tata Steel, TCS, and Tata Motors losing their top men to retirement in the year 2009. The story raises an important question as to whether the Tata Group is prepared for this leadership crisis?
The cover story is flawlessly written. The paragraphs are well connected and they offer each and every fact related to the age limit for retirement in detail. The story also throws open questions like can ‘chairman’ Ratan Tata become a ‘Managing Director’ with a hand picked nominee as ‘Chairman’ and rule from the shadows? Will that be healthy for the group’s future? Will he then seriously look for a successor? Or will he end up adopting the Vladimir Putin cum Hugo Chavez model of governance whereby he extends his reign further through ‘popular mandate’? All the questions are well knitted in the story making it interactive for the readers.
In addition to these questions, the story also presents a positive side of the picture which states that counting for all delays and overruns, Tata’s Nano should be on Indian roads by end of 2009 or early 2010.
The magazine also presents a host of other interesting stories. A story titled, “Defence = Offensive economics” talks about the fact that this equation is running the global defense equipment sales with US, Russia, basking ingloriously. Another story, “ The footage behind a crime” states that the more chaos the world inherits, the more revenue Boeing generates. Yet, another interesting title, “Guns Vs Butter?” deals with the fact that the developing nations are as much into arms trade as developed nations.
An interesting title from Robert Frost’s poem: Stopping by woods on a snowy evening: And mile to go before I…is sure to catch your attention. This story talks about Nitish Kumar becoming the CM of Bihar after a long fight and that he is now campaigning for a second term.
Another story titled, “More blasts from the past” deals with a recent release of classified documents showing how US has manipulated West Asia.
“Are you doing your ‘job’ well?” is the question most of us are asked everyday. A story based on the same title states that if you’re not the apple of your boss’s eye, don’t sulk! Ask the right questions for yourself and reach the top.
Last but not the least, the editorial titled, “Get set for the 16th Lok Sabha polls‘ talks all about the forth coming elections.
The magazine has something to offer to everybody be it politics, economics, security, fashion or special features. The diversity offered by the magazine makes it a must read for all.