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Savvy Managers
India's Best Fund Managers (BT cover, August 22) showcased the real behind-the-scenes investing heroes. It is to the credit of those heroes that they kept their eye on returns through the roller-coaster boom and bust cycle of the past three years. Indeed, tenacity and a zen-like equanimity seem to be their watchwords.

- Abhay Suri, Delhi

Words of Wisdom
While the cover on India's Best Fund Managers was welcome, I have a minor grouse. Perhaps more column space needed to be given to the investing strategy of these mavens backed by specific examples. It is otherwise difficult to sift the wheat from the chaff in a list of sometimes well-worn lines.

- Raj Guha, Chennai

Aspiration Climbdown
Living in a Pipe Dream (BT Special, August 22) was a familiar story of Mumbai's potential as a financial hub and the litany of bottlenecks created by a creaking infrastructure and government mismanagement. The problem, as Nasser Munjee put so aptly in his column, is simple: We do not care about this opportunity to put a foot in the door of the corridors of high finance. A pity, really, because this apathy only hurts us.

- Ram Mahesh, Mumbai

No Bed of Flowers
What is true for roses (No Bed of Roses, BT, August 8) is equally, if not more, true for the dry flower industry. Despite its potential, the government has not given this segment its due.

- Kishan Raj Singhwi, Kolkata

It Happens Only in India
Aviation: Low Cost Rules (BT Cover, July 11) displayed amply how Indian skypreneurs have handled unique challenges in an innovative way. It's their business acumen that has circumvented problems like limited airport facilities, soaring fuel prices, a high turnaround time, and created a business opportunity where none previously existed. Critics take note: Such tales, too, happen only in India.

- Ankit Shah, Baroda

Beyond the Inheritors
Writing about the inheritors or the GenNext of established business houses no doubt piques general interest and makes for good copy. However, it would make the magazine more well-rounded if it looked beyond those who are well-entrenched by birth to ferret out the real grassroots entrepreneurs.

- Shamdas Brij Kumar, Hyderabad

Image Problem
HP Faces a Perfect Storm (BT, August 22) made for some sobering reading, as an example of a global leader mis-stepping in marketing. Has Hewlett Packard's crown slipped because in the fast-growing laptop segment Dell is generally seen as being cheaper in India? It could also explain Acer gaining traction in desktops. Internal skirmishes aside, the real problem seems to be HP's somewhat pricey image.

- Guru Dutt, Bangalore