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Open letter to Kapil Sibal, the science minister »
Where were your scientists? When you held the Science Congress?
What is the contribution of scientists to agriculture, rural development?
Scientists don’t show interest in country’s problems!
Scientists don’t contribute to agriculture, biotechnology, seeds and environment and climate change etc?
Science Congress President
Spoke in the face of the Prime Minister!
“Don’t take away precious fertile lands under your SEZz policy?”
“How [...]
Agri/horti/animal husbandry depts. »
Forestry and medicinal crops depts
Can generate agriculture prosperity!
If Nabard mandate is redrawn and SHGs and microfinance are put under a Cabinet Minister! State level agri finance corporations a must!
New subsidies to new generation farm enterprises can usher in economic prosperity in the villages!
New insurance cover for the agro-micro enterprises could trigger off a new dispersed [...]
Sonia Gandhi caught in dilemma »
Next general elections stir up New Delhi atmosphere!
The Congress has neither leader nor a credible manifesto!
The next general elections looms large on New Delhi skyline. Even if the Congress is driven into total silence, after the stunning defeat in Gujarat and followed by Himachal, the Opposition parties are becoming more active and more vocal too. [...]
Will this budget will the next elections? »
Massive farm debt write-off and farm diversification schemes can only revive agriculture and rural employment
The Prime Minister’s immediate future prospects look uncertain. His pet project of the nuclear deal is unlikely to see the light of the day before the next elections, if at all. His other pet scheme, rural employment guarantee programme also lost [...]
P.Chidambaram »
Finance Minister’s taxes are too many and too harassing!
Taxes under him have become too many and too cumbersome!
Not good enough to make the tax regime simple and transparent. Make the tax regime less harassing!
P.Chidambaram, the Finance Minister, is now very much in the news and the TV screen because of the budget. The pre-budget and [...]
Parallel cinema movement in Karnataka »
How after Kolkatta and Trivandrum, now comes Bangalore!
There was this second Bengalooru International film festival in Bangalore. V.N.Subba Roth moving spirit behind it said it was a tremendous success though the Kannada film industry didn’t make much use of it.
An estimated 75,000 people vitiated the festival.
Girish Kaseravalli, the one star among the new generation of [...]
Bharat Ratna awards contested by political parties! »
Mayawati the latest to demand the award for her mentor!
PM distances himself! Give the award to all three political heavyweights!
Vajpayee, Jyoti Basu, Kanshi Ram, oney!
There is a superficial, cheap controversy. This, over the Bharata Ratna award.
L.K.Advani, the leader of the Opposition, is perfectly within his rights, or, for that matter, any citizen can write to [...]
Open letter to Priya Ranjan Das Munshi! »
Doordharshan under him very boring!
Private channels do much public service
They have citizen journalists, expose corruption, injustices etc
Tehelka is the high-watermark of private service capabilities that serve the larger public interest.
What public service broadcasting DD does?
DD is supposed to be a public service broadcasting organisation. What public service it renders, now?
Public good and public wellbeing calls [...]
Visva Bharati and others »
His Excellency Gopalkrishna Gandhi,
Governor,
Raj Bhavan,
Kolkatta
Dear Your Excellency Gandhi,
Sub: Visva Bharati and others
Hope you remember me.
Today I read in the Kolkatta daily, Telegraph, about the incidents at Santiniketan. Immediately I spoke to my friends there and got some idea of the happenings.
Since I had earlier visited the place along with my family a year ago and [...]
Letter to Dr.Karan Singh, MP »
Dr.Karan Singh M.P.,
Teen Murti Bhavan,
New Delhi
Dear Dr.Karan Singh,
Hope you remember me.
Here is another letter for you to read. In fact, I have attached a copy of the letter I wrote to Mrs.Sonia Gandhi on the state of the Congress and the government.
Now, as for the current peregrinations on the Indo-US nuclear deal, I feel that [...]
