There is a past history! The current controversy on what is nationalism and patriotism is taking communal overtones. There is a history to the rise of nationalism in the modern world. The First World War (1914-1919) sharpened nationalism with the fall of Ottoman Empire and the birth of new nations. The second war, again, led…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Ethics Committees of the Indian Parliament
Both in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to meet They would probe the ethics and the conduct of MPs The power of the press and public opinion can help the Parliamentary committees to do a great job. You see ethics is heavy word. Its meaning and significance can’t be explained in simple journalistic style….
Tippoo Sultan’s Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy-Machine
A successful debut Indian poet would be deported. Is he one among the 40,000 skilled Indian workers? New UK immigrations rules to deport 40,000 Indians Skilled Indian workers to be sent home! See the irony of the Indo-British Empire and its twists and turns. Indian skilled workers range over a wider field of human skills….
Freedom of Speech controversy
Lots of talks that are empty of any substance! After the JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University) campus row there are too much talk about Freedom of Speech and Nationalism and anti-nationalism. It is alleged (we have to say so for there are no exact records or any other evidence) hat freedom of speech is denied or…
Jat agitation in Haryana
Signs of rural distress for a dominant community? Why suddenly the flare-up in Haryana? Demand for reservation in jobs and education for the dominant caste of the Jats is not new or sudden either. Why now, after the BJP government seemed settled to attend to development in the context of new opportunities? The widespread agitation…
What is education?
When did it originate? Education is about freedom and making man a free individual Liberation of man from many bondages like customs, beliefs, traditions, not the least from the modern day political oppressions and recent times violence, terrorism and irrationalism of various kinds! Only education can free man from these man-made oppressions. I am not…
Where are the visionaries, doers?
Many current buzz words! Venture capital, equity funds, ease of doing business! Why not brings them to the farm sector? To the rural areas? Why not introduce schemes for young farmers, young rural entrepreneurs? The mood is right and the opportunities are waiting for tapping! There is a distressing unreality in all talks about rural…
It is time to think big and dream big!
This is the moment for India! However, rural India is too big a sector! Indian economy is moving ahead. However, structural problems remain. One sector is agriculture. Rural development is another. So too the new problems thrown up by the fast changes in many areas. No one person, however powerful, can hope to understand Indian…