Salem in Tamil Nadu seems to be emerging as a centre for Tamil literary centre. May be Salem citizens might even claim they are already in this position! Salem in Tamil Nadu seems to be emerging as a centre for Tamil literary activities. May be Salem citizens might even claim they are already in this…
Technologies that define our lifestyle today
Some of the new technology products from Apple, Sony, Microsoft have changed the way we live and do our business Just now I read how Singapore is the number one tech-savvy economy. Beating America to the fifth position in the”Networked Readiness Index” by the World Economic Forum. U.S.lost its top position after a three year…
Biodiesel market worldwide, please know!
In USA, EU there is an ethanol boom! India yet to have a clear policy! There is now an European ethonal boom, in the USA there are pro-active farmers involvement in setting up biodiesel plants .Germany, is the leader, France, Spain (the firm name is Abengoa) and many countries are in active production. EU’s first…
Our agri exports strategy is not working
Marine products/cashew and other major commodities are not finding big export markets. We must have the big picture first! Yes, our Commerce Minister Mr.Kamal Nath is doing a brave job. He had brought some openness to our WTO negotiations. Now and then we hear him talk boldly. But that is all. On the ground level…
Crisis hits in higher education!
Rights of the students to get higher education of their choice Anybody has a clue? Anybody has a vision? Yes for question one! No for the next two questions! There is a breakdown of government machinery in Karnatakaand TN. Maharashtra is no better. Medical college seats are now openly bought and sold. There is a…
“Let the poor eat the cake”syndrome prevails in New Delhi?
Governance norms vs political survival Too many compromises with the legitimate political and governance norms have slowed down much of the effective delivery of social benefits to the farmers and the poor. This political commentary, readers might know, is posted on the weblog and so what I write mostly ,more so on the international issues…
National Curriculum 2005
Raises very disturbing questions! 300 academics and seven long months. And now we have a New Curriculum Framework of 125 pages dense text! Globalisation had accelerated the process of Westernisation, modernisation and also make us to face the knowledge acquisition an international type of using reason and science and the tools of knowledge like logic…
Reminiscences : C.N. Annadurai, Sir. A. Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar
I had seen and heard the late leader “Anna” (C.N. Annadurai) as a student when I was at Pachapayya’s College during the 1953-55 period. Anna himself was an old student and as such there was much affinity between his old college and the same college students. The first time I came to know the name…