How the Indian polity is evolving? How the ground-realities are evaded? Yes, there is also a historical cycle to this phenomenon of holding on to power, from ancient Greece to modern day Indian democratic realities! The Greece we visited recently as a family tour, we mean the journey to the ancient classical Greece of the…
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Travels in classical Greece
The life and death of Socrates! The one voice that stood out all through the centuries! What makes Socrates’ life and death? Some reflections on a recent trip to Greece and the historic sites! You see, that since my travels in Greece recently, I have come back and not yet recovered! I am dumbstruck! Not…
Agriculture in India
No media support at the time of social media explosion! A recent Assochem report says a decline in print media reading and also a rise in the time for social media among the media focused society. This is so for the rather older generation and more so for the younger new generation readers. Print media…
At the feet of Socrates! Know thyself!
Nothing in excess! Man is the measure of things! Three Greek ideals! These are the lessons the momentous, historic visit once again brought home to us. A lesson I sought to learn more than half a century and yet only what I missed by chance so many years ago, in 1959-61 when I was at…
O.7 per cent only large farmers!
70 per cent are small and marginal farmers with less than one hectare of farm land! So, what sort of farm policies you make for these unviable farmers who easily resort to the only option to deal with mounting debe4ts? Suicide and that is what needs to be address. How do you do this? Not…
Press in India, free or weak!
Press freedom a concern for the elite only? A new head for the Broadcasting machinery appointed! A new maturity and a new liberal approach to press freedom make India a stronger democracy! We saw the news item on the RedInk awards for India’s best journalists! Media freedom is more talked about than upheld. In most…
Modi’s three years!
Of course, there is a great deal of development! Also, a great deal of anxiety and discomfort as well! The BJP government led by a self-confident Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi in three years has done a lot of good work. There is a transformation indeed in several sectors. The economy is growing at respectable rate…
Indian polity!
Democratisation vs bureaucratisation! Individual liberty is the very soul of democracy Some critical emerging issues How the public perception and public opinion view the current developments. Lately, the Indian polity is marked by certain trends. The polity, our political system is a parliamentary democracy. Given the long history of democracy, from ancient times to the…