Let them read the autobiography of the Indian Nobel Prize winner Venkat Ramakrishnan! The book’s name: Gene Machine – The race to decipher the secrets of the ribosome. The book reads like a thriller. The recent autobiography of Venkat Ramakrishnan, Venki to his friends and admirers, the latest winner of the Nobel Prize (for discovering…
Education must have an integrated concept of education, health and environment
Our education eco-system is superficially constructed. Only the skimpy part, the cash-exchange surface is cared about. Yes, what do we care for when we talk of education? It is the money part, the immediate cash-exchange we seem to care about. Otherwise, who cares for the children in their early years? As per the Global Nutrition…
Why Classical Education?
Thoughts and thought processes after visiting Rome and Greece historic sites! It is a strange thought and yet it is a thought that I would like to register in the minds of Indians and also for others who might be interested in the study of classical world of Greece and Rome. Classical education at Oxford…
Farm loan waivers and the migration of labour from UP and Bihar
What the new MP Chief Minister Mr.Kamal Nath says about preference for only locals is not acceptable! How can we ban the imigration, yes, the seasonal migration of farm labour from one state to another can be controlled by any state policy? This is unwise and must be curbed at the very beginning. Who doesn’t…
So, the Congress wins!
In three crucial Hindi heartland states! What does this election win means? Means the rural distress in the agri sector nearly over? Rahul’s new found confidence justifies his current speeches and even his threatening postures? Yes, yes, he has every reason to be enthused about his hard-won battles! But then write-off of farm loans in…
Agriculture in the time of rural distress!
Why mainstream media ignores the agri sector? Or, for that matter, issues in rural development? The mainstream media, mostly the English language mainstream media writes of issues in agriculture and rural development, the two high priority areas where the largest number of people are engaged is almost pathetic. For quite some time we were fed…
What is the meaning of education?
What chance for quality education? Commercialisation of education and the rise of private sector education are having a negative impact! What the money-makers-turned educators say! Yes, everyday there are nowadays, almost everyday, there are educational ads in the newspapers, more so recently on the TV screens as well. More and more news-turned advertisements on education…
Education in the times of uncertain national goals
What happens when democratic governments led to many populist schemes? Is it okay when the government begins to distribute freebies, be it colour TV sets or wet grinders, cash handouts to win elections? There would be widespread corruption and mis-management of affairs. Already we have seen how the high and mighty has fallen? The Chief…