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Why entry of big corporates in agri/horti failed?
There is no rational reason why the big corporates like Tatas and Birlas and Mittal failed. Simply because, they had succeeded in other areas like telecom and oil and gas,…
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Corporate farm ventures failing?
Yes, for the right reasons! You can’t become monopolies overnight! Yes, that is what the men-in-hurry type new corporates try to do in an area where much modern day farming…
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Agriculture share in GDP is fast dipping!
Is is now only 14 per cent of the GDP! Last year it was 15 per cent! Yet, the share of the people dependent on the fast decreasing agri output…
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Air India, a national icon, today a national shame?
Posted on January 28, 2012 | No CommentsAI Express, other national carriers threaten the safety of passengers? Serious issues in civil aviation industry calls for immediate attention. Vijay Mallya, the Kingfisher’s man says the media in India... -
Manmohan Singh: Is the Prime Minister exhausted?
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsWhy he doesn’t speak out? Silence is not good for a leader and that took a Prime Minister. Being himself an economic expert and that too as an ex-World Banker... -
Martha Nussbaum on global education crisis!
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsChange Kapil Sibal from education! Create two ministers, for education and the Universities! No one Indian university in the world’s top 100 universities, you know? Yet, no one, let alone... -
Anna Hazare must stick to Lokpal!
Posted on December 15, 2011 | No CommentsHe or Team Anna must not stray into political issues! Then, they must join a political party or float a separate party! Parliamentary democracy has its own structure and imposes... -
Indian Democracy in an unprecedented crisis mode!
Posted on November 15, 2011 | 1 CommentNew questions and new uncertainties stare at our polity! Our Parliamentary democracy hides too many ethical and moral issues! A series of scams and scandals have impacted democracy and democratic...
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Anna Hazare’s fast
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Letter to Sri Lankan Friend : Mr.Susil Sirivardana, Colombo
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Food prices will rise?
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Rural India
Rural development is no more a matter of centralised direction!
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Lokpal Bill, the bugbear of the UPA!
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The broken promises of the UPA only multiply!
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Hilary Clinton’s visit and the charm offensive!
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Don’t penalise the farmers!
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A Greek Tragedy of the UPA!
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Anna Hazare forewarned!
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Celebrating Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary
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Small is still beautiful!
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Jaitapur village nuclear plant protestors
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Green Revolution, a cliche?
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Corporate farming! Contract farming!
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Elections in the states
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Public Accounts Committee report
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Agriculture in the states
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Ratan Tata appears before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament!
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2011
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Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in Tamil Nadu politics
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Democracy is what?
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Prof.Amartya Sen makes equivocal comparison of India and China
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