Congress Party “Internal party reforms urgently needed”
Barack Obama“Will Obamaism catch on with the Indian politics?”
Why sudden rush for Prime Ministerial race? »
The Prime Minister is out of action for the time being. Even before that, there was a sort of race for the Prime Ministerial job! Now, after Dr.Singh went through a period of hospitalization and in the meantime, Mr.Pranab Mukerjee took over as the de facto Prime Minister there has developed new tensions [...]
Government’s agriculture vision is flawed! »
Sharad Pawar, Santosh Mohan Dev and Kapil Sibal
How they are failing the agri/food/technology sectors?
And the huge cost the country is paying!
There is no committed policy to protect and promote farmers’ welfare!
See the various areas of agriculture. Is there anything worthwhile under the Sharad Pawar-led Agriculture Ministry’s agenda?
Pawar is busy with his own political-election strategy? How [...]
David Miliband visit to India is a disaster! »
The brash young Englishman and the cringing Indians. India has many lessons to unlearn and learn! Let us stand up and talk more boldly and confidently!
Mr.Ratan Tata didn’t do India proud by welcoming the British Foreign Secretary at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai and honouring such an immature man just for the fact he [...]
Special economic zones »
The coming of supermarket chains
Our big corporates talked big but have they gone anywhere?
Reliance and Sunil Mittal haven’t gone anywhere, it seems!
How these two developments help farmers?
Two latest developments that are likely to impact the farmers, the farming future and the very growth prospects of farmers and the rural development are the SEZs and the [...]
What is important about agriculture exports? »
What is dangerous about agriculture imports?
The conclusion of the so-called Doha Round, that talk that started in the Qatar capital in 2001,really called Doha Development Round to indicate the trade talk was for promoting.
There is almost a total ignorance among the farmers; I dare say the same thing about our agriculture experts and policy makers [...]
The 69th Indian History Congress »
Thoughts on history and history writing
Can historians take the role of political activists?
Indian academic historians just did this type of roles!
One school of historians passed resolutions against the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.
They very same school also opposed the Babri Masjid demolition case referred to the Supreme Court.
The so-called other school, the rightwing school, that [...]
