It must become a more democratically-constituted organisation. State-level units must enjoy total autonomy and AICC must be an affiliating unit only My political evolution, its twists and turns! Why I remain a committed nationalist and Congressman! Readers might find this title very unusual and unexpected. They are right and yet I feel it is my…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Is the Reserve Bank of India an employee of the Central government?
Or, the RBI enjoys any freedom or autonomy from the finance ministry? The RBI has got a new governor. He is none other than the former finance secretary. He just changed his seat, from New Delhi to Mumbai! He took orders from the finance minister sitting next to him in Delhi. Now, he might orders…
American banking collapse and the lessons
What lessons for Indian bankers and the government? Bankers are never popular! Why this is so? One has to think for an answer. Now, the American banking system is in turmoil. The big Wall St.Bank, Lehman Brothers, collapsed. Those who are specialists in the banking and financial system know well that it is the critical…
Is the Reserve Bank of India an Employee of the Central government?
Or, the RBI enjoys any freedom or autonomy from the finance ministry? The RBI has got a new governor. He is none other than the former finance secretary. He just changed his seat, from New Delhi to Mumbai! He took orders from the finance minister sitting next to him in Delhi. Now, he might orders…
The Congress Party refrom, an urgent issue!
Sonia Gandhi’s poor judgement of men and issues! The Indian National Congress is 123 years old. There are only two other parties in the world, the German Democrati Socialist Party,135 years old and the British Labour Party, more than a century old. While UK and Germany run their major political parties on highly democratic lines,…
P.Thooran, the noted Tamil writer and poet
His birth centenary year celebrated recently in Chennai and Coimbatore. The Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, has funded the centenary of this highly acclaimed Tamil writer in Coimbatore. I thought the Akademi President, Sri Sunil Gangopadhyaya, the great writer and poet, novelist and editor in the Bengali language and letters must have been invited to preside…
Remembering H.Y.Sharada Prasad
Media adviser to the Prime Ministers Development journalists, progandists and even Geologists! The recent passing away of H.Y.Sharada Prasad, the long-time media adviser to Indira Gandhi, gave rise to a spate of moving tributes to his memory. Prasad very much deserved all the fulsome praise for his remarkable qualities. We also knew him for a…
Obituary : Prof.P.K.Sundar Rajan
Upholder of Subramanya Bharati’s legacy We are deeply sorry to record that Prof.P.K.Sundar Rajan, husband of poet Subramanya Bharati’s grand-daughter, Dr.Vijaya Bharati passed away in Vancuar, Canada. This is the day of Subramanya Bharati’s birth day. Ironically, this day comes with the news of the poet’s close family member passing away. This news is so…