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Dr.Kaushik Basu’s dissenting note is a very practical and needs implementation But then education is becoming more and more commercial and profit-driven! Education corruption, as a pardigm, follows political corruption! In education, academicians might talk; talk rather wishfully or wistfully even! But it is politicians who have the last laugh, so to say! Why? In…

Aam aadmi! Political rhetoric or hat-trick? Monsoon might play havoc and so spend more on agriculture! Agriculture is the critical issue! Yet, how many in the government know this? Or, you know who are all, in the government, sensitive to agriculture issues? What new hopes for a new generation economic reforms? Pranab Mukerjee has played…

The weak and strong Prime Minister debate raises many critical issues! The elections are in full swing. There is a fierce debate between the two contenders for the top jobs. L.K.Advani, the Opposition leader and Dr.Singh, the current holder of the high office are debating who is a strong Prime Minister. Advani is insistent and…

The first-ever “festival of Poland” in South-east  Asia, offering music and poetry, movies and seminars on Polish history and culture, was held in Bangalore just recently. Oh, what an experience! And Poland? Yes, Poland is a great tragedy once it was! Poland that was destroyed from the world map, history and politics for over 125…

I was a frequent visitor to New Delhi from the year 1961 onwards. At the end of that year or at the beginning of 1962 I landed in Delhi from Oxford through a circuitous route travelling through the then Soviett Russia, via Sweden and Finland and from Moscow to Taskant, then  flying over the Hindu…

In 1967 I was called by Atulya Ghosh, the then Treasurer of the Congress Committee to head the General Election Campaign literature  writing  committee. I was under the guidance of Sadiq Ali,the then General Secretary of the party and T.Manean,another Secretary under Sri Ghosh. My another Oxford friend,Rudolf DeMello was the then Secretary of the…

I was elected as the Member of the Madras Legislative Council (MLC) from the graduates constituency consisting of Coimbatore, Salem, Nilgiris and Dharmapuri districts in 1968. I led the the teachers agitation in Chennai and was arrested for the same. This photo was taken just after the arrest.