Impact of ethics on society and politics Ethics is all about the moral personality of man. About our conduct in society and politics! Ethics brings out our moral strengths, moral courage in our actions. And imparts to civilised society some well-defined moral behaviour and values. Ethics touches every aspect of our lives, personal and the…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Education’s current priorities!
Winston Churchill dropped! British curriculum doesn’t teach about him! What about teaching at least the current history? The latest terrorist attacks in Glasgow only highlights the new phenomenon. The Indian born, young doctors were implicated in the new terrorist threats. While terrorism is a serious threat to a peaceful world,terrorists among the well-educated and motivated…
Education’s priorities!
Education’s current priorities! Education is not one word! It is a multi-layered concept. So,you can’t grasp the meaning and its reach in any easy way. Education has now acquired a much more complex meaning and significance. Education is a continuous process,its reach is enormous,it effects basic changes in societies and nations! We live in a…
Kalam : A second look!
Developed India by 2020? Kalam Vision is more an inspirational wish, than a reasoned exposition of development in depth, be it economic and social development or human development as such. APJ Abdul Kalam was such a popular President that it is too early to stand apart and take an objective look at some of his…
How US textbooks distort India?
American elementary and secondary schools show India in a bad light! USA is home to some strong 80,000 odd Indian students, some 20 lakh well-earning Indian families. Every other American worker or an expert must know how the Indian brainpower moves some of the biggest American enterpprises. So, the current negative perceptions of Indians taught…
Nuclear deal agreement
Indo-US nuclear deal going nowhere? Is it not time for an experts vs common man debate? As I write, our negotiators in the Indo-US nuclear deal are packing their bags to board the plane for Washington. The deal first proposed, the “historic agreement between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush on July…
L.K.Advani vs Manmohan Singh
Compassion vs insensitivity or truth vs hypocrisy? L.K.Advani is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. As such he is a very important person in the democratic politics. Advani has taken up the job of criticising the government whenever he thinks fit. It is his legitimate role. Unfortunately, in India it is still not…
Chandrashekhar
As I know him An idealist and non-conformist in Indian politics The passing away of Chandrashekhar, the former Prime Minister, is a personal loss to me. I couldn’t do anything a whole day as I was so sad and so many memories rushed through my mind all the day. The days I spent with Chandrashekhar…