Of course, I am no longer as interested in the fine arts as I used to be. Time moves on and we also move on. Time was when I was a student at Santiniketan and though I went there to study other academic subjects, Santiniketan immediately drew me into the many seasonal festivals for each…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
McKinsey Consultants say
Organised retail is going to change the fortunes of farmers! Yes, organised retail can ensure better prices for farm products, say the leading consultancy. McKinsey is a big name in consulting. But consulting in agriculture is almost nil. We have our own in-house consultancy (Vadamalai Consultancy Services-VCS) and we know from our experience that in…
West Bengal’s Singur car project!
Where politician’s selfishness and crooked dogmatism puts off industrialists! Prakash Karat’s superficial concern and Das Munshi’s rather threatening tone! West Bengal Governor speaks the truth but not the whole truth! Mamata Banerjee’s adamancy only matched the Leftists’ dogmatic creed! So, the story of the West Bengal’s industrialisation ends in a big fiasco? Yes, that is…
Congress Party needs urgent reforms!
It must become a more democratically-constituted organisation. State-level units must enjoy total autonomy and AICC must be an affiliating unit only My political evolution, its twists and turns! Why I remain a committed nationalist and Congressman! Readers might find this title very unusual and unexpected. They are right and yet I feel it is my…
Is the Reserve Bank of India an employee of the Central government?
Or, the RBI enjoys any freedom or autonomy from the finance ministry? The RBI has got a new governor. He is none other than the former finance secretary. He just changed his seat, from New Delhi to Mumbai! He took orders from the finance minister sitting next to him in Delhi. Now, he might orders…
American banking collapse and the lessons
What lessons for Indian bankers and the government? Bankers are never popular! Why this is so? One has to think for an answer. Now, the American banking system is in turmoil. The big Wall St.Bank, Lehman Brothers, collapsed. Those who are specialists in the banking and financial system know well that it is the critical…
Is the Reserve Bank of India an Employee of the Central government?
Or, the RBI enjoys any freedom or autonomy from the finance ministry? The RBI has got a new governor. He is none other than the former finance secretary. He just changed his seat, from New Delhi to Mumbai! He took orders from the finance minister sitting next to him in Delhi. Now, he might orders…
The Congress Party refrom, an urgent issue!
Sonia Gandhi’s poor judgement of men and issues! The Indian National Congress is 123 years old. There are only two other parties in the world, the German Democrati Socialist Party,135 years old and the British Labour Party, more than a century old. While UK and Germany run their major political parties on highly democratic lines,…