In conversation with the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
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Student at Santiniketan with Pandit Nehru
Others in the picture include : SN Bose of Einstein fame, Prof Tan Yun Shan
Alternative energy strategy!
Biofuels, where does India stand? Yes, there are conflicting positions when it comes to alternative energy, clean energy and in particular, the biofuels. India needs to become more pro-active and must gel with the rest of the world. India’s policy options must be concretized and made to work there area ranges of issue and a…
A headmaster as a role model
Or a life in the wilderness? Yes, education today has become a consumer product and services. Everyone seeks education, the poor as well as the not so poor. Each segment of the society has its own views, its own priorities for seeking education. So, education has no core meaning, it had lost all meanings. For…
My interest in the fine arts continues and I am also learning about the new developments.
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…
Pax Britannica, then! Now, Pax Americana?
Indo-US nuclear deal The West won’t allow India to become a strong nation! As I write America had unilaterally sent in its troops into Pakistan territory without Pakistan’s consent! Yes, may be to fight terrorism that has become “intolerable” as America puts it. But then, where does the international order and peace, the existence of…
The vanity and venality of the Third Front men and women leaders!
Third Front to come? Mayawati can be trusted to lead? Or, Chandrababu Naidu and Prakash Karat are wasting their time? So, the next general elections would be interesting from many points of view. One, the alliance between the Congress and the Samajwadi Party is not as natural as it now seems. They were never natural…
Who should be the next Prime Minister?
Manmohan Singh is a sure bet? Or, other names? In the Opposition ranks loom L.K.Advani and in the third front Mayawati, Mulayam Singh or even Chandrababu Naidu? There is one difference this time, that is, on the eve of the next general elections. That is the most mysterious silence on the part of everyone in…