I was fortunate to come close to this ‘gentle colossus’ when I was a student at Santiniketan.
A traditional congress man from Tamil Nadu
About my education and political beliefs.
Why British politics is still relevant for India?
People wonder if British politics has a relevance for India after 75 years of Independence. There are some thoughts here.
Soumitra Chatterjee – Towering thespian with a poignant appeal
Guest post by Kaustav Bhattacharyya Recently I had the good fortune of serendipitously coming across a book chronicling the life, work, passions and oeuvre of the eminent film actor and cultural personality of the thespian Soumitra Chatterjee in a vintage bookstore titled ‘Soumitra Chatterjee: A life in Cinema, Theatre, Poetry & Painting’ authored by the…
Indian agriculture gets integrated with global agriculture!
India bans wheat exports!And that disrupts and creates a global food crisis!What sort of Indian Agri policy is likely to tackle Indian agriculture’s many challenges? Today and tomorrow? Recently, the British journal, the Economist, has carried a leading editorial on the world food shortage and its implications for the likely world food crisis and famine…
British Prime Minister’s visit to India
And our trade deals in agriculture, food processing and much else! The recent visit of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to India was more important to Britain. That to India in our view and this might not have struck to many in India, given the long history of our two country and the very…
What ails Indian education?
It is high time to ask some tough questions? Scarcity of talents in India? Yes, it looks like that! Why the Indian talents are missing in the current ruling dispensation? Whom to blame? Which sector is failing us? Education? Very likely! Yes, if you look around and search for the culprit education is certainly the…
Education today in India right now is in bigmess
Yes, we have to build a large education infrastructure. More high quality universities. Reverse the trend of outward migration for higher education. Kerala takes a pro-capita list turn? one important change in its party ideology is to invite private players in education. to invest in private universities. Maybe in earlier times this sort of ideological…