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Why the 52 Food Parks failed? »
Contrast the Food Processing Ministry with others!
It is agriculture that doesn’t make news for the right reasons? It is in the news for the wrong reasons! That should explain the failures on the agriculture front. We are saying this with a sense of mission, with a sense of sorrow and with a sense of rage! [...]
Importing 3 million tonne more wheat! »
Sonia Gandhi’s letter to Prime Minister
Two years achievement?
This massive import?
This government seems to have lost steam and might drive the country into an irreversible trend! Sonia Gandhi chose to write to the Prime Minister and places it on record on his moves to enter into a free trade agreement with the Asian countries. The PM [...]
Musical evolution in South India »
Classical music in democratic times!
From the Tanjore Court to Madras Music Academy
A social history of music in South India By Lakshmi Subramanian,OUP,2006,pp 196
The rise and fall of classical music? Not necessarily!
It is always great to be a connoisseur of classical music, arts. Only a high society that appreciates the great classical arts, music, dance and [...]
Tamil Nadu: rice politicians, poor people promised the moon! »
Farmer’s debt write-off while the state ranks second in farm debt trap!
The DMK had formed the government and in a show-off, the CM wrote off the farm debts, Rs 2 a kg of rice ..This is just a show-off, a cynical act to mislead everybody.
The state is second in rank in percentage growth in farm [...]
In Defence of the Rural Rich! »
Why not?
Rich needn’t be on the defensive anymore!
The “eviction” rate, another name for those leaving their traditional petty living with so much to lose with the new opportunities opening up, in the nearby towns and cities, the eviction rate is on average 15%.In tribal and Rajbonshi-dominated districts of south and north Bengal respectively, such eviction [...]
Open more botanical gardens! Save biodiversity! »
In schools/colleges/wherever possible!
A very inspiring article and an editorial in the world’s famous science journal, Nature! On what? On the role of botanical gardens in restoring the biodiversity in a world of declining biodiversity! How wonderful!
So, science teachers, botanists, professionals and amateurs! Take heart and go ahead in taking an interest in our botanical gardens, [...]
Wheat import implications! »
Bharti Mittal and Reliance entry in agri trade: blessing or a curse?
The wheat import seems to have gone unnoticed! But for the wisdom of the Rajya Sabha Chairman, Bhairon Singh Shekhavat (who only converted a Rajya Sabha question into a debate) India would have simply surrendered to foreign traps. Yes, Cargill and Wal Mart are [...]
Agriculture’s many unattended problems! »
Why Ministers don’t talk as much before?
The Prime Minister might have imagined that 2 years in office is a time for celebrations. But suddenly he is caught in a multiple crisis situation. After 2 years in office is faced with perhaps the biggest crisis of his career, first, the OBC quota, next, the office of [...]
