Farming is now becoming profitable? Yes, with rising food inflation and doubling of farm costs Agriculture seems set for a new opportunity? Various populist policies hide the real status and progress in agriculture schemes Too much empty rhetoric has clouded agriculture development in the states. At the Centre no less cloudy is the status of…
Ratan Tata appears before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament!
Lessons for the corporate world and the government Ratan Tata, the iconic chairman of the Tata group of companies has recently come for some adverse attention. It is a great pity that Tatas whose name symbolizes the very prestige of the Indian economic strength and in a way, give s a sense of pride and…
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011
Strong case for a new breakaway Congress party in Tamil Nadu Damaging revelations on Rahul Gandhi’s capabilities! Sonia Gandhi confidants give some revealing inside story of Sonia Gandhi! Yes, there is a mood of rebellion against the corrupt DMK in Tamil Nadu. The DMK is deep in corruption cases now monitored by the Supreme Court….
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in Tamil Nadu politics
They mess up alliance with the DMK with no pre-poll alliance with any common minimum programme or about sharing power if the alliance wins This gives the corrupt DMK party to maneuver to monopolize power with father-son duo to stick as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister posts. The Congress party under Sonia Gandhi and…
Democracy is what?
Democracy is for whom? Democracy is for the people, the masses? Yes, it is for their freedoms! What chance is there for the freedoms of the people to reach them? What are the stumbling blocks for the freedoms to reach them? For them to realise the freedoms? Or the benefits of their freedoms to reach…
Prof.Amartya Sen makes equivocal comparison of India and China
He must help make Indian public opinion in a morally upright and forthright manner! Prof.Amartya Sen is a great thinker. As he often calls (consciously or unconsciously?)he is a great argumentative Indian! Now, in his latest article (The Hindu 14th February 2011) he writes on “Growth and other concerns”. The gist of the article is…
Kapil Sibal is a disaster!
What is happening in education? Or for that matter in his new assignment, telecom? We need a healthy debate in education! Why, even on sports, culture and media etc.! There is a hell of a noise and much on the coming cricket cup series and already much money and much hype are made of the…
Inclusive growth?
What does it mean and how does it matter? All governments indulge in talk talks and do little! See the statistics! Credit to the poor/farmers! Institutions to cater to the poor people, small men and women and self-employed persons are very weak in India in spite of the talk talks on inclusive growth. Delhi is…