Congress Party “Internal party reforms urgently needed”
Barack Obama“Will Obamaism catch on with the Indian politics?”
Bombay blasts more serious than price rise! »
Ministers’ competencies come for criticism!
The Bombay blasts had devastated the nation.200 dead, 700 injured in a few minutes in several places! This is too much. But distressed the country much more is the sort of response and the sort of immediate explanations from the Government. Tavleen Singh, the veteran columnist, writing from her Bombay flat, [...]
Cauvery Waters Tribunal ends its work in confusion »
Kerala seeks control over five dams!
Supreme Court directs the raising of the height of Narmada Dam!
Yes, the inter-state waters disputes are no more news. They make news whenever the state politicians have no other purposeful jobs on hand! So, comes the news of persisting inter-state rivers disputes, from one state or other. Now, the latest [...]
Foreign Direct Investment in Agriculture »
Economic nationalism in industry and agriculture
The India-born Lakshmi Mittal’s takeover of the Europe’s biggest stall maker, Arcelor, now Arcelor-Mittal Steel, made lots of headlines for months. The major European governments, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, the Presidents and Prime Ministers of these countries raised a hue and cry over their own nationalistic industry (they held major [...]
Dr.Manmohan Singh as an economist »
PM’s loss of face, a pity! PM must have educated the people and the allies about his core economic vision and his basic beliefs in economic reforms. This he had failed to do and the consequences for the image of the country, than for his personal stakes, is much more serious. Will the UPA retrieve [...]
Why UP remains a backward State? »
UP is always in the news. For all its political importance. But the State is known for its extreme complexity in all its many dimensions, political complexity, political instability and the big number MPs who make up the composition of the Central Government in all desirable and undesirable ways!
UP’s economic and social backwardness is very [...]
Inflation control out of bounds? »
Finance Minister can’t do much in such matters!
Prices of food items rising, inflation a worry the government most just now! There is now an emerging crisis on the economic front. It is the inflation, rather the rising inflation. The word inflation is a difficult word. We don’t think that except some economist experts like Prime [...]
Innovative farm enterprises and projects! »
This is the time for farmers, farm entrepreneurs!
To invest and make big money in the farm sector!
You have to know the changes in our economic sectors and policies! You have to know the new opportunities. New innovative agri projects are coming up. Almost everyday! So many people ask us, they visit us or talk over [...]
Economics now »
It is now an American discipline!
When I studied economics in the late Fifties economics was essentially an English discipline. It is no more! There are not many students now to study economics or do PhDs!It is now more an American discipline. In India economics still has some glamour but things are changing very fast here too. [...]
Supreme Court order on Deemed Universities »
Private Foreign Universities to enter India
Higher Education in India set to expand?
What about the OBC demands?
To ensure international quality university education, we have to rank the higher education institutions, as they do in the West; identify the Ivy League tables etc. Indian higher education priorities are dictated by the fast growing demand for graduates for [...]
Teaching religion and ethics in schools »
Teach history of ideas, world history of religions!
The recent Mumbai blasts that took such a heavy toll, 8 bombs in 30 minutes, killing 200 people and injuring 500 more, is only the latest reminder, if reminder is needed, for the need for the society at large to deeply introspect on so many ills that make [...]
