My Oxford years : crowded by philosophers and historians! A.J.P.Taylor, Isiah Berlin, James Joll Indians need to learn to distrust much of British written history. The immediate provocation for this essay is the reading of A.J.P. Taylor (1906-1990), the well-known British historian, for the second time. I had the good fortune to attend his history…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
India: a big country, big economy, big democracy
We need self-reliance and self-sufficiency There seems to be some disappointment about the new government’s many silences! Yes, the Prime Minister is a very upright man and he only commands respect in the government. As for other ministers and other aspects of government, there are more positive hopes, rather than indications of positive steps. Of…
Engineering and medical education
The trends and the tensions! Nearly 1 million engineering graduates and others are now being employed in the IT industry in India. This is expected to go up fast, given the projections for the IT potential in the coming years. He says it is the small start-ups, by unknown names and faces in Bangalore that…
Our democracy’s success story
Some unasked and unanswered questions! India should get prepared for new roles in this century! Our democracy is well-established and well-recognised. But there are concerns. The quality of our polity, the quality of our leaders and the performance of the various agencies under the Constitution need to be assessed and evaluated. New parameters in the…
Pawar should do more!
Chidambaram should deliver on his promises! The PM should activate ministers! We are a responsible media. We use responsible language. Even when it comes to ask difficult questions! As a responsible media we have to articulate the voices and opinions from a sector like agriculture which in the UPA’s priorities seem to rank low! Recently,…
Independence day speeches
When and who would eliminate poverty? Prime Ministers many promises Independent commentators’ divergent opinions. Let the independent public opinion judge the agri priorities! Who could find fault with such important speeches? The speeches were fine, well-meaning and conveyed well. We hope they make their due impact. Energy security, the President stressed. Very important. Poverty, we…
Land reforms in West Bengal
Why keep farmers poor? W.Bengal obsessed with keeping tenants – owners in constant tensions! Let us know W.Bengal is economically a poor state. It is backward state too in health and education. The West Bengal Assembly had defeated a government-sponsored proposal to exempt certain provisions to relax the land ceiling law in operation in the…
Karnataka aims for an advanced state status?
AP, Kerala are in pro-active mode. TN in its own development mode? Dr.Rajashekar Reddy the AP CM is now in the activist development mode! Mr.Oommen Chandy, the Kerala CM is really very active in promoting Kerala as a new IT destination. TN CM and her adversary the DMK boss have their own priorities. TN development…