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NGOs: what they do?

Posted on September 15, 2011September 23, 2011 by V.Isvarmurti

What the government can’t do, the NGOs do, more often! Can they transform society? Save rural India? NGOs, the non-government organisations are aplenty in India. They have lately gained much clout after Sonia Gandhi started her National Advisory Council (NAC, with some of the high profile members drawn from various fields. Of course, every member…

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Ratan Tata appears before the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament!

Posted on May 12, 2011 by V.Isvarmurti

Lessons for the corporate world and the government Ratan Tata, the iconic chairman of the Tata group of companies has recently come for some adverse attention. It is a great pity that Tatas whose name symbolizes the very prestige of the Indian economic strength and in a way, give s a sense of pride and…

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Prof.Amartya Sen makes equivocal comparison of India and China

Posted on March 23, 2011March 23, 2011 by V.Isvarmurti

He must help make Indian public opinion in a morally upright and forthright manner! Prof.Amartya Sen is a great thinker. As he often calls (consciously or unconsciously?)he is a great argumentative Indian! Now, in his latest article (The Hindu 14th February 2011) he writes on “Growth and other concerns”. The gist of the article is…

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Kapil Sibal : A Neoliberal, a Market Fundamentalist?

Posted on January 21, 2011 by V.Isvarmurti

Why he alone? May be, all his colleagues and the boss are just this? See their Bhopal gas tragedy deals? They are, to quote one senior editor and journalist, M.J.Akbar, with slight variation of the words and phrases, the protegees of the Prime Minister and the MNCs. Ranking leaders of the World Bank Alumni Association…

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Beware of foreign writers and foreign journalists writing on India

Posted on November 17, 2010 by V.Isvarmurti

Or more dangerously on Hinduism! I hesitate to write on Hinduism! Hindutva is one reason! Foreign writers, foreign journalists another hindrance! There was this news item in the newspapers recently. A new book has been published in New Delhi and that has this shocking title: Hindutva, Sex and Adventure. Why such a title? The author…

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Jyoti Basu and the Left legacy in West Bengal

Posted on June 28, 2010September 28, 2010 by V.Isvarmurti

Whenever a high personality, a very senior ideological patriach like Jyoti Basu, 95, passes away, it is natural we tend to become emotional and sentimental. Jyoti Basu is a man from another age, as seen now in the context of current West Bengal politics and the sort of hotch-potch politics that rules in the name…

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Right to Information ACT is kicking!

Posted on April 27, 2010September 28, 2010 by V.Isvarmurti

Know the new dream heroes! The ones who expose the chicken-hearted secrets of the high and mighty! Subhas Chandra Agarwal, RTI activist, no, a zealot leads the way for the no lesser mortals! Wajahat Habibullah, the Chief Information Commissioner! Shailesh Gandhi, the Central Information Commissioner! They, among themselves, the trio have obtained from the Central…

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Dantewada massacre and after

Posted on April 24, 2010September 28, 2010 by V.Isvarmurti

Why the intelligence failed? No place for egocentric “I know-all” policies! Tribal India and the current Maoist upsurge calls for a more broad based policies and approaches. Digvijay Singh’s alternative view needs some examination Mr.Digvijay Singh, currently the General Secretary of the Congress and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh have created some stir, a…

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V. Isvarmurti is a leading public figure from south of India. He is a former member of the then Madras Legislative Council. He had his education at such reputed institutions like Tagore’s Santiniketan and Oxford University. Read More

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