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…
A bureaucratic State is not a democratic State, right?
Agri scientists bypassed, Bureaucrats sneak in! Many agri policies require agri experience and agri expertise! This is not the first time we see bureaucrats in India seeking their own ascendancy. India is a land of full of bureaucrats and civil servants! Now, even the politicians are losing out! India had been a haven for bureaucrats…
Chhattisgarh Assembly elections and the menace of Naxalism!
You see that Chhattisgarh state along with four others is in the midst of an important Assembly elections and the outcome would decide the fate of the parties in the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha general elections. The political parties, in particular, the BJP and the Congress, are doing everything, from rhetoric to below the belly…
New Books on Mahatma!
There are new books on the Mahatma and they bring out new insights and perspectives! It is also time to assess the contributions of the great leader with some critical questioning. So that we get from World War-I to Partition and the present times in Indian politics when Hindutva has become a creed for narrow…
Agriculture Insurance Company?
Where is it? Farmers’ litigations: reduce pending court cases. Farmers must be compulsorily insured and also their healthcare insurance. Farmers are also prone to much litigation. So, please take steps to reduce the number of litigations in which farmers, both the sides, sometimes as tenants and land lords or sometime out of rivalries or jealousies…
Agriculture Insurance Company?
Where is it? Farmers’ litigations: reduce pending court cases. Farmers must be compulsorily insured and also their healthcare insurance. Farmers are also prone to much litigation. So, please take steps to reduce the number of litigations in which farmers, both the sides, sometimes as tenants and land lords or sometime out of rivalries or jealousies…