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…
The emerging political scenario in India
Is there a case for a federal or third front? 2014 elections seem to be the only talking point among the politicians and the political parties these days, it seems. Politics in India is a hot topic as the country is changing fast in socioeconomic terms. The economic growth is a hot topic too. In…
Natural gas price doubled!
We welcome it? More than the pure economics, the economics costs involved, such high-stake sectors like natural gas, coal and even the benefitting sectors like power generation and fertiliser industries that would be the biggest users of natural gas, it is the worry about the transparent governance, transparency behaviour of the political class, the bureaucracy…
India, the world’s number one rice exporter!
How do paddy farmers gain? How they are losers? Serious issues! From agricultural production to agri trade! India emerges as a serious player in the international market. For the first time, after a very long period we hear of international trade in Indian rice! This is reflected in the recent price hike for paddy cultivation….
Why agriculture matters as a top economic policy?
Why this aspect is not talked about in India? India’s economic strength is derived from the people! Why agriculture and rural India neglected? Why they are a low priority? Simple! We in India, are a very British-style influenced bureaucrats-filled Indian steel-frame mentality nation! Thomas Metcalfe, the famous British civil servant has called the Indian villages”…
Indian society and politics!
An alternative analysis of India’s bhandralok society? A bourgeois society, of course! Well I am usually a very affable and genteel individual with lots of interests and curiosity but one only have to tolerate my cultural elitism!!! Elitism here in the sense of an ideal to be aspired for and yearned, a frame of reference…
Letter to Hon’ble Sri Nitish Kumar, CM – Bihar
Bangalore Date : 29.06.2013 The Hon’ble Sri Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister, Government of Bihar, Secretariat, Patna, Bihar State Sub: Your break from BJP alliance: what next? “Nitish Kumar at historic cross-roads!” Dear Sri Nitish Kumarji, This is a letter from one of your many admirers and sympathisers. As I often introduce myself to strangers I…
Letter to Anna Hazare
Bangalore Date : 25.06.2013 Sri Anna Hazare, Ralegaon Siddhi P.O., Pune District. Maharashtra State Dear Respected Anna Hazareji, Sub: Your letter to the Prime Minister I saw your letter to the Prime Minister threatening another fast if the government doesn’t pass the Lokpal Bill. Why this government, even other governments haven’t put the Lokpal bill…