Or, the kind of economic growth really matters? Why our policy makers haven’t promoted all-round growth? The Prime Minister talks of inclusive growth. Fine. But why the inclusive growth is not happening? Why some segments are outside the growth story? For instance, agriculture? Why even the rate of employment growth. As per the latest data…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
The next green revolution!
What the government can do? And doesn’t yet do in agriculture? What the private sector can do now in agriculture? Indian agriculture, after 60 years of freedom, is now poised for some structural changes. These changes are likely to be brought about more by the private sector initiatives rather than by the conscious government policy…
Two Bollywood biographies!
Dev Anand’s minor classic Dev Anand can write such English with literary merit? Spring comes to Bollywood! Dev Anand’s “Romancing with Life” is a minor literary classic! Mr. Sunil Dutt and Mrs.Nargis Dutt life stories poignant and deeply moving One, an autobiography. The other, a loving portrait of a famous film couple. Together they bring…
Ratan Tata and Anil Ambani
Globalisation where India holds central place! Globalisation is now taken for granted. What is not made clear by our planners and policy makers are the fact that globalisation is neither 100 per cent possible or desirable. There are limits to globalisation. The point is whether we in India have realised the full dimensions of the…
An Open Letter to Narayanamurthy
Let him not reach for the moon! Let him walk on the M.G.Road! Mr.N.R.Narayanamurthy, the Infosys founder and the IT industry icon is justly lauded for his great achievements. He had in a way, transformed India single-handedly and as such he deserves a Bharat Ratna. If he had not been so honoured so far, it…
Rahul Gandhi’s many challenges!
Rahul Gandhi must read more and learn to reform the Congress party! For whatever be the reasons that Rahul Gandhi is now entrusted to head the Congress party and he is now in the line of succession. So, given the constraints of the Indian situation, we have to welcome the new young face and learn…
New books on Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi’s role in India’s Partition There are about 400 and odd books on Mahatma Gandhi alone. This vast output is besides Gandhi’s own writings and letters that are collected into some one hundred volumes by the Indian government. Every country that had leaders of great national importance, from dictators to democrats, from Lenin, Stalin to…
Why not Indians win Nobel Prizes?
Scientists, writers or leaders? India is a land of Gandhi. It is a matter of great pride to Indians that at least this year, the Nobel Foundations felt constrained to publicly confess it was a mistake on the Nobel Committee not to have given the Peace Nobel to Gandhi. Why? This question is not asked…