A series of scandals ! Yet Indians deny themselves all truths! What about the special Indian traits? Our attitudes? Our character? Why we don’t talk so much about our Indian weakness for double talk and double standards? Each nation and culture has its own special raits, attitudes and character. US President George Bush talks and…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Spectator, my favourite English magazine
Heard of Spectator? Perhaps not. This is a famous English weekly magazine I have been reading, almost all my life. This magazine is not available in India, I read it regularly in the British Council library whenever I visit it, be it in Chennai or in Bangalore or wherever I find myself. Even when I…
Superficial talks, from the high and mighty!
Second Green Revolution? The government has no clue! Officialdom is given to slick words ad phrases. Green Revolution is one such buzzword. The PM talked and so too the urban press, financial press too report in a highly superficial language. Now, the 10th plan proved a disaster for agri growth. Now, 11th plan is burdened…
Science Edn. : Evolution is now day-to-day news!
Exciting things are happening in evolution research Evolution of man is not simply to be explained, in my humble opinion, in biological sense alone. I was glad to read a latest survey of the evolution in the December issue of The Economist magazine (December 24th 2005).The survey titled “The Proper Study of Mankind” covers new…
Will India import wheat?
PM mum; his colleagues talk differently! There is intense speculation in the concerned sections, agri ministry, wheat trade and the prevailing political situation with state Assembly elections in some major states that there is a pressure on food grains prices. More so the wheat prices. Wheat prices have increased to a record high on tight…
President Abdul Kalam
The tireless talker and dreamer! There was this news item in several newspapers of Mumbai but not in The Hindu. It was about our President Abdul Kalam participating in a media interaction outside the Rashtrapathi Bhavan at the New Delhi luxury hotel, Taj Palace.The theme was ‘empowering’ India. While different newspapers give different versions, we…
What chances for the employment guarantee and such populist schemes to succeed?
When the Governance norms in Delhi being what they are What chances for the employment guarantee and such populist schemes to succeed? New Delhi environment is lately very tentative. Though the Congress-led coalition government is in office for 20 months, the focus and direction of the government is not purposeful. Instead of any cohesion, there…
Education theories and ideals
Dr. C. N. R.Rao, Dr. P.M. Bhargava and Prof. Krishna Kumar All three engaged with Government in transforming India as a knowledge society, empowering the youth and bringing back new insights, new strengths to our education system. It is funny but true that no one cares for any education theories nowadays! And mercifully there are…