http://www.isvarmurti.com Collected writings and images on Indian politics, economics and society Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:43:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why does one go for a secret new agribusiness  pact with the USA? Why the secrecy, why this below radar deal? A five column  news report appears in the national daily on such captioned  title. The government only last week, that is, just a week before the presentation of the budget "quietly secured ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/03/03/we-welcome-us-co-operation-in-modernisation-of-indian-agri-sector/ There are an exodus faces and talents from the PMO! What is really happening? Where will this cowardly new situation take us? The PMO is an exalted office where the country's "chief executive" operates. The Prime Minister in a Parliamentary Democracy occupies a very unique and aura-driven position. Whatever little or not ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/03/03/pmo-bereft-of-work-or-lack-of-focus/ A cowardly world we are creating? The new dictators might be terrorists or the nuclear adventurers? Time to  look at our democratic pretensions very critically! The world thought that after 1989,the world  would turn on to a new civilisation. The "end of history" and the dawn of a liberal democracy, the world believed ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/03/03/manmohan-singh-nominated-pm-in-parliamentary-democracy/ It is also about people, issues and new strategies! Yes, the very country's varied demands are all part of the total growth, not just agriculture or industry. The latest interest in climate change is one such latest development. Climate change control concerns everybody and farmers and farming sector needs much sensitisation and ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/02/19/agriculture-is-not-all-about-crops/ They dont, why not? 75 FIRs registered against UP sugar mill owners! 19 FIRs registered against mills for procuring cane from farmers illegally! These are all big news and big developments in the current messy sugar business scenario. These UP mills are all very big ones, unlike in the South where the mills ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/02/19/do-the-humble-farmers%e2%80%99-high-incomes-make-headline-news/ Whenever a high personality, a very senior ideological patriach like Jyoti Basu, 95, passes away, it is natural we tend to become emotional and sentimental. Jyoti Basu is a man from another age, as seen now in the context of current West Bengal politics and the sort of hotch-potch politics that ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/02/19/jyoti-basu-and-the-left-legacy-in-west-bengal/ A retired foreign secretary, an over-ambitious Home Minister Foreign Security and internal security Are things clear in New Delhi? There seems to be some disarray in the Central government functioning. Already Sharad Pawar, the agri minister has been adding fuel to the rising food prices. After sugar prices, the food minister has indicated ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/02/19/a-weak-prime-minister-a-weak-foreign-minister-2/ A retired foreign secretary, an over-ambitious Home Minister Foreign Security and internal security Are things clear in New Delhi? There seems to be some disarray in the Central government functioning. Already Sharad Pawar, the agri minister has been adding fuel to the rising food prices. After sugar prices, the food minister has indicated ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/01/29/a-weak-prime-minister-a-weak-foreign-minister/ Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh call for best and brightest people to politics What is really happening today? Who should make the first moves, so to say? Our Republic is not reflecting the socio-economic visions yet. Crisis of faith and legitimacy Governance is not just a mediating role of the rule of law Governance is a ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/01/29/republic-day-speeches/ The world is a better place to live! In spite of the new challenges! There is plenty of optimism for the world! A series of breath-taking technological revolutions and new tools Our life becomes more easy and more productive. Wealth creation is becoming more equally based and widespread. Computers came, now it seems, a very long ... http://www.isvarmurti.com/2010/01/13/2010-a-year-that-can-look-back-the-decade/