When I studied economics in the late Fifties economics was essentially an English discipline. It is no more! There are not many students now to study economics or do PhDs! It is now more an American discipline. In India economics still has some glamour but things are changing very fast here too. Economics doesn’t give…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Nostalgia for the old Bangalore!
Nijalingappa, Ramakrishna Hegde, Deve Gowda Savitri Devi, P.Lankesh, Rajiv Tharanath Ravi Kirloskar, T.A.Pai, Sunder Ram Shetty, Shankar Hegde, Narayanamurty There is in Bangalore a core group of people who would do anything in their power to care for the old Bangalore and its ethos. Bangalore evokes such a deeply-felt nostalgia. There are so many reasons,…
Tamil Renaissance literature
Va.Ra (Va.Ramasamay Iyengar) The inventor of modern Tamil prose style Va.Ra (a biography) by Chitty (pages 336) An Ordinary Man, life of Chitty by Narasiah (pages 224) My interest in Tamil literature lately has been triggered off by a series of unexpected developments. Just not long ago I received ,unexpectedly, a long, some 15 page…
Marketing of agri produce is a high priority now!
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister speaks Use technology to modernise rural/agri market information for farmers. The Maharashtra agriculture minister Mr.Balasaheb Thorat must be congratulated for speaking about the agri sector’s current issues. In Ahmedabad the other day the minister had said that free power will hold on in the state. Much more seriously he saw the drought…
Disturbing thoughts : India after Tsunami
We seem to be a strange people! Delhi is a nice place to live. It depends upon what you are doing in Delhi. If you are interested in politics, then it is the place to live. If it is just a government job, then also it is a nice place to live. If it is…
Corruption : yes, education sector competes with police, revenue!
Of course the big fish escaping the CBI net is no news The cunning” single directive” for CBI had made CBI no more such a respected or feared body. There was this report. Transparency International India and the Centre for Media Studies. Delhi, the capital is ranked the 10th most corrupt State! Bihar tops, Karnataka…
Corporate charities need focus
Education and healthcare Let us concentrate on time bound targeted goals! Two rural people-focused healthcare programmes make news. All the corporates, companies and corporate hospitals can take up these types of social ventures in all States. Dr.Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister says poverty would be halved by 2015. This goal is set out as one of…
A performing government?
There is a huge credibility gap for the government Manmohan Singh government is now in an unsustainable dilemma The government is there now for quite a time and it hasn’t started any of its promises into real action. No programme had captured the imagination of the people so far. The poor, the farmers, the minorities…