Needs to be raised high! Prime Minister out of hospital and still recuperating! Yet unwilling to delegate authority to his colleagues! Eight or nine Cabinet positions kept vacant! No deputy Prime Minister nor independent Finance Minister! What is happening in India? To the Indian democracy? To India’s image abroad? Sending out routine officials as ambassadors…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Celebrating Charles Darwin’s bicentenary?
What our schools and universities teach in the sciences? This is the year of Charles Darwin’s 200th year anniversary. February 12, 2009, was Darwin’s 200th birthday. And the 150th anniversary of The Origin of Species falls this autumn. There are a spate of articles and even books on Charles Darwin, about his theory and also…
UPA alliance disintegrates?
Sharad Pawar juxtaposes his moves with Congress and also with Shivsena and Samajwadi Party! What really Sonia Gandhi knows about the Congress party position in the States? She depends upon immature and selfish elements as well as undependable allies like the DMK. NCP leader Sharad Pawar held a meeting with Shif Sena working president Uddhav…
US to reduce farm subsidies?
Yes, says the new US President! See, agriculture is not just a job! It is a way of life, a belief system, you know? Yes, we have been running this magazine for years now. What is our experience? We find that agriculture in India is being neglected by all sections of society. The government is…
De facto Prime Minister & Finance Minister!
Incipient power struggle in the Congress Party? Yes, Pranab Mukerjee raises the question in time! The next General elections are near, who would lead the Congress Party’s election campaign? Yes, it will be Sonia Gandhi! Then what is the party’s manifesto? And the Government’s policies on various issues? Indian polity today is beset with a…
Why sudden rush for Prime Ministerial race?
The Prime Minister is out of action for the time being. Even before that, there was a sort of race for the Prime Ministerial job! Now, after Dr.Singh went through a period of hospitalization and in the meantime, Mr.Pranab Mukerjee took over as the de facto Prime Minister there has developed new tensions within the…
Government’s agriculture vision is flawed!
Sharad Pawar, Santosh Mohan Dev and Kapil Sibal How they are failing the agri/food/technology sectors? And the huge cost the country is paying! There is no committed policy to protect and promote farmers’ welfare! See the various areas of agriculture. Is there anything worthwhile under the Sharad Pawar-led Agriculture Ministry’s agenda? Pawar is busy with…
Special economic zones
The coming of supermarket chains Our big corporates talked big but have they gone anywhere? Reliance and Sunil Mittal haven’t gone anywhere, it seems! How these two developments help farmers? Two latest developments that are likely to impact the farmers, the farming future and the very growth prospects of farmers and the rural development are…