Mass tourism is welcome! But provide more infrastructure! Preserving heritage sites,visiting the monuments and appreciating the same is what constitutes man’s search for identity,a link with his past. Heritage education, cultural heritage must be integrated with the religious and spiritual quest of the pilgrimage in the new age of mass tourism.Some thoughts. India has a…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Thoughts on 60 years of independence!
Time for introspection!We are celebrating 60 years of Independence! What thoughts grips the minds of citizens?Of course India has come a long way. Our first five year plan had only Rs.20,000 crores as the plan expenditure!We had just 25 universities!The best salary of the best brains,be it ICS or the corporate CEOs then were mere peanuts!Today,the…
Let us understand the dynamics of societies!
An unequal and inequitous society? Our society is inegalitarian; hierarchical only! Only social sciences can give us that rare insight into human behaviour,human psychology and also much of the social dynamics without which we can’t talk possibly with any deeper sense about the future. A new Liberalism in times of so much terror and destruction…
Why Ethics matters?
Impact of ethics on society and politics Ethics is all about the moral personality of man. About our conduct in society and politics! Ethics brings out our moral strengths, moral courage in our actions. And imparts to civilised society some well-defined moral behaviour and values. Ethics touches every aspect of our lives, personal and the…
Education’s current priorities!
Winston Churchill dropped! British curriculum doesn’t teach about him! What about teaching at least the current history? The latest terrorist attacks in Glasgow only highlights the new phenomenon. The Indian born, young doctors were implicated in the new terrorist threats. While terrorism is a serious threat to a peaceful world,terrorists among the well-educated and motivated…
Education’s priorities!
Education’s current priorities! Education is not one word! It is a multi-layered concept. So,you can’t grasp the meaning and its reach in any easy way. Education has now acquired a much more complex meaning and significance. Education is a continuous process,its reach is enormous,it effects basic changes in societies and nations! We live in a…
Kalam : A second look!
Developed India by 2020? Kalam Vision is more an inspirational wish, than a reasoned exposition of development in depth, be it economic and social development or human development as such. APJ Abdul Kalam was such a popular President that it is too early to stand apart and take an objective look at some of his…
How US textbooks distort India?
American elementary and secondary schools show India in a bad light! USA is home to some strong 80,000 odd Indian students, some 20 lakh well-earning Indian families. Every other American worker or an expert must know how the Indian brainpower moves some of the biggest American enterpprises. So, the current negative perceptions of Indians taught…