India has to change and specifically Indian agriculture sector has to change radically in many ways. Today the politics in India is so polarised that even if you want to make any honest and even innocent pronunciation it is suspect and mistaken in terms of the highly polarised politics. And let us not forget for…
Indian agriculture at the cross roads!
Our farmers must enjoy the benefits of new technological revolutions in not only cultivation but also marketing and realising higher incomes.New Bills would only facilitate modernisation of out-moded practices!Prime Minister’s assurance of doubling of farmers incomes must be made a reality very soon! Why there is continuation of farmers’ agitations in Punjab and Haryana. Not…
Print media and the digital media in a Covid dictated world.
Learning the online work culture!It is a totally new experience!It seems a long way indeed! One new learning is that sometimes big changes, be it high tech or even simple things come not by inventions and innovations they seem to come in a very sudden, brutal physical changes or happenings. The coming of the Covid…
India’s place in the world !
Why the world is so complicated?We seem to be living in a civilised and yet a contradictory world! Everywhere, from USA to China. Rulers are doing things that don’t seem to make s sense! Why China is antagonising large parts of the world? In Hong Kong, Taiwan and South China sea? As these lines are…
PIEDMONTESE NOBILITY : PRESERVE OF GENTLEMEN’S CLUBS
By KAUSTAV BHATTACHARYYA “The House of Savoy which led the Unification movement of Italy became the ruling dynasty of Italy and ended up being the prime kingdom from 1861 until 1946. In 1946 the Monarchy was abolished in Italy. The affiliation with the House of Savoy bestowed upon the Piedmontese ‘Nobility’ a special prestige and…
Agriculture revival needs further attention to micro level fine-tuning
More attention to the ground level realities. The social and economic and the panchayat level reforms are critical. These further details call for critical analysis on policy implementation. The revival of the economy seems to be very much dependent upon the agri sector. All other sectors, industry, infrastructure etc seem to be still in the…
Creating more jobs in agriculture!
It can only be a slow process! The very global surface, it seems, is one of vast barren land, stretching miles and miles of unending desert land, looking like newly discovered forests and uninhabited empty spaces or other desolate stretches. That never end. This is the impression I got recently after seeing a series of…
Indian agriculture on the way to recovery?
Agriculture is always a sensitive and therefore controversial field and every media outlet, be it the mainstream newspapers or specialist magazines have their own priorities. Today the entire world over we have a new crisis in farming looming large and that is this global level Covid-1 attack that had crippled societies and economies. The new…