Can Ratan Tata save Air India? The common man may not thinks so, but pause for a second. Today Air India does not have money to pay its pilots, they say. So tell me something new. The airlines of the world are running into debt and the future looks bleak, but what is needed today is a change in technology to make things more fuel-efficient and less expensive. Does such a technology exist?

The collapse of GM in the US threw open debate yet again on the merits of Free Enterprise and mixed economy models. We need to stick to the mixed economy model to protect and generate jobs and usher in balanced development of backward regions in the nation. We need not opt for blind Private Enterprise and reinvent the wheel at a huge cost.