The new competition among the States is welcome! Intelligent Chief Ministers can make the difference! Economic development is now on everyone’s mind. Only fast economic growth, intelligent use of govt funds, adoption of new technologies, use of human resources, in what is often seen as the merging knowledge economy, we need knowledge workers, to earn…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Driving through the Bengal countryside
Agri sector in Bengal disappointing! Bengal has to go a long way before it can transform the agri sector into a commercially thriving sector for any new agro entrepreneurship. Just to compare Maharashtrian agri sector with that of Bengal is like to compare two different worlds! West Bengal was once the richest State but it…
West Bengal Chief Minister : Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s change of heart
Retreat from Revolutionary Rhetoric! Charting a New Capitalist Path! Yes, there is a new air of great expectancy in Bengal. A new optimism and a new sense of purpose in all walks of life. But this expectancy, this confidence is still in the hearts and minds of some people at the top. May be in…
Vande Mataram came and gone!
Why our leaders made themselves invisible? Sonia Gandhi wrongly advised! I terribly felt let down when on the day India celebrated Vande Mataram’s centenary, our leaders chose to hide themselves from public view! What message we sent out? India needs a robust type of leaders! Yes, when the President of India, the Prime Minister and…
Visiting Santiniketan again
My China connection is long and enduring! China is not an easy country to know and understand! What Narayanamurthy doesn’t tell! Yes, there is the latest news about India-China mutual suspicion persisting. No one tells the whole truth. That is diplomacy and in our national interest, everyone will tell you. That is okay. But what…
Common School System? A pointless debate!
Government-funded vs. private-funded education systems! All have become “exploitative”! Lost their value focus! Every time the education debate comes alive, there is this much-talked about promoting a common school system. The big names are all here: experts like Yash Pal, Krishna Kumar, Anil Sadgopal, social activists like Aruna Roy and others. What they say? Make…
Come October! Anybody has use for Gandhi?
Are we all not becoming small men? Yes, certain thoughts seem to keep coming! Indians have some months or even days devoted to some rituals. August 15. January 26. October is reserved for Gandhi Jayanthi. And what is more funny is the fact that each passing year we seem to be having men and leaders…
Don’t curb the NGOs in civil society activism!
Let us de-bureaucratize the delivery of public services! Menaka Gandhi in trouble! Accuses Sonia Gandhi CBI shouldn’t be doing odd jobs! There is news that Maneka Gandhi, former Minister under the NDA and the current Member of Parliament has been booked by the CBI alleging that she committed irregularities in distributing funds to NGOs….