The multi-faceted genius of a lawyer. The book (Nani A.Palkhivala, a life by M.V. Kamath, Nani A.Palkhivala Memorial Trust, Hay House India, 2007, pp 524, Rs.595) is a rare one. A beautifully written book on a beautifully-lived life. The subject of the biography is a distinguished lawyer whose types are not born every time in…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Changing political realities in India
Sonia Gandhi’s future political leadership hinges on the Congress party’s performance in the next round of Assembly elections. Sonia Gandhi’s political leadership is not her own making. It has been thrust on her by circumstances not even wildly imagined by her. Yet, politics is politics and here she is, now saddled with such awesome responsibilities….
Manmohan Singh naming Rahul Gandhi evokes speculations
Who will be the next Prime Minister in India? Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister, while campaigning in UP touched upon only on one theme. That is to remind the voters that Rahul Gandhi is their future! This he did while knowing well (or completely ignorant of the ground realities in the state) that the Congress…
Indian agriculture is becoming stronger!
Wheat farmers are becoming assertive! Yet they need correct market information to get maximum prices! The wheat procurement season is on and the wheat output is good in Punjab, Haryana and MP and Rajasthan and UP. There is a sort of cold war between the various players in the wheat procurement trade, the government on…
CPM’s dilemma in West Bengal!
Its past sins visit its present predicaments? The Stalinist cult of “collectivized” agriculture, call it by what name you like, that had entrenched the idlers in the villages, panchayats and land holding patterns! Who said agriculture is not important? But the CPM in W.Bengal always touted its land reforms as the end of all socio-economic…
Corporate responsibility! Narayanamurthy in the eye of a storm!
Indian middle class stunned into silence! Members of the Karnataka Assembly and Legislative Council take exception to his remarks on national anthem and Cauvery water issue. Mr. N.R. Narayanamurthy, the Infosys founder and mentor, had never doubted his luck. He earned his billions, made his name and became an instant middle class icon. The new…
Kalam for a second term?
Presidential elections in India have always been marked by political controversies! Abdul Kalam’s chances for a re-nomination looks slim to impossible! India’s President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam is soon to lay down office. The political parties have already taken up the issue of the next Presidential candidate in all its seriousness with an eye on the ongoing…
Outsourcing, the Bangalore’s cutting edge money spinner!
Changing nature of outsourcing-let us understand! The world is flat and India is at the epicenter of the flat world! Outsourcing is Bangalore IT industry’s new cutting edge opportunity. It started in several forms, business process outsourcing to now so many other more focused areas. The current mood in Bangalore is one of restlessness of…