Indian democracy must inspire South East Asian countries! Is India doing enough? Are we waking up to our Asian fraternity? Inside India, we have our own problems, yes. But outside India, the world looks at us as a great democracy.Are we,Indians doing enough to realise our own past contributions to the rise of Asia in…
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Are we becoming a superficial nation?
A superficial celebrity culture doesn’t make a country great! And imitating the Yankee celebrity culture would be the folly of all! A false celebrity culture that tries to hide the more serious side of individuals and the country. Media plays a more and more central role in the affairs of a country. More so in…
What do we know of China?
What do we know of Russia either? We in India seem to know much about the West, about UK and Europe and the USA. But we don’t seem to know, or don’t care to know about other big nations? I am sure we know pretty little about what life is like inside China. Much more…
Create a separate Ministry for Uttarkhand
Rehabilitation and Development Create a new post of Cabinet Minister! Station him or her in Dehradun! This is a national disaster! The Uttarkhand Speaker, Govind Singh Kunjwal, had put the loss of lives at 10,000 while the Union home minister puts it at 900. Whose figures the public would believe? Surely, the local man would…
Travel, history and part-autobiography
Some days in Rome and Italy Why we should study Roman history? What lessons for the Indian people? There are lessons even now! Roman history, the rise and evolution of the Roman Empire, some 2,000 years of continuous success story, so to say, is because of the Romans’ victory over their rival empire, Carthage in…
Tirupati, Kalahasti and the Chandragiri fort
Mass tourism is welcome! But provide more infrastructure! Preserving heritage sites,visiting the monuments and appreciating the same is what constitutes man’s search for identity,a link with his past. Heritage education, cultural heritage must be integrated with the religious and spiritual quest of the pilgrimage in the new age of mass tourism.Some thoughts. India has a…
Old Greece and today’s Greece
Olympic Games in Athens in August 2004 How the current Greek people and the Athenians look at their ancient sports that had staged a comback for the modern world? Afew new books on this ancient sport and the Greek people who today is intolerant of outsiders! If there is a single day when the modern…
Crossword Bookshop, Bangalore
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