Mar
29
Can Karunakaran do what others have failed to do? Mr.K.Karunakaran,88,is an old Congress man of the vintage years.His best days were when he made himself an unapologetic courtier of the late Indira Gandhi when she rode to power.Later when she tried to consolidate her power by splitting the Congress party in 1969 and later when [...]
Mar
29
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } This is the sketch by a Santiniketan artist who was working with me at the school I founded in my remote village in South India. This is the view of [...]
Mar
23
Rural development cannot happen in isolation
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Urban development and much of new infrastructure investments only can change rural India’s fortunes. Sam Pitroda, yes, this is the wizard, who befriended Rajiv Gandhi and helped to bring about the PC booths all over India. That was the first telephone revolution that reached almost the rural interiors also. It was later; now, the new [...]