Let him not reach for the moon! Let him walk on the M.G.Road! Mr.N.R.Narayanamurthy, the Infosys founder and the IT industry icon is justly lauded for his great achievements. He had in a way, transformed India single-handedly and as such he deserves a Bharat Ratna. If he had not been so honoured so far, it…
Rahul Gandhi’s many challenges!
Rahul Gandhi must read more and learn to reform the Congress party! For whatever be the reasons that Rahul Gandhi is now entrusted to head the Congress party and he is now in the line of succession. So, given the constraints of the Indian situation, we have to welcome the new young face and learn…
New books on Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi’s role in India’s Partition There are about 400 and odd books on Mahatma Gandhi alone. This vast output is besides Gandhi’s own writings and letters that are collected into some one hundred volumes by the Indian government. Every country that had leaders of great national importance, from dictators to democrats, from Lenin, Stalin to…
Why not Indians win Nobel Prizes?
Scientists, writers or leaders? India is a land of Gandhi. It is a matter of great pride to Indians that at least this year, the Nobel Foundations felt constrained to publicly confess it was a mistake on the Nobel Committee not to have given the Peace Nobel to Gandhi. Why? This question is not asked…
Agri and Finance minister meet to revive the rural credit co-ops!
If Ministers pursue their own glories! Their portfolios fail to deliver! Agri minister is now known for his big money business of cricket than for his political acumen and decision-making. So too his colleague, the Finance minister. This not-so-experienced youngish lawyer’s entry into politics and that too into the highly important portfolio of finance has…
The Big news in agriculture!
Mukesh Ambani vs Sunil Bharti Mittal rivalry! The economic reformers must articulate the benefits of organised retail for farm sector reforms! The organised retail revolution will come and will succeed. The traditional exploitation of farmers by the age-old money lenders and the traders will end for ever! One has to have the vision to foresee…
Keynote address at the international conference of Tamils and Tamil literature
Date: December 1, 2007 Place: Trichy, Tamil Nadu Life and literature of Tamils As seen from the perspectives of Tamils living abroad and outside Tamil Nadu in India 1. Introduction: I am highly grateful for all those who have thought of inviting me to give the keynote address to this assembly of Tamil scholars and…
Bank Chairmen! Please read this!
It is an irony that as we type this note comes the news that RBI had punished 7 banks, private, foreign and PSU banks for violating IPO norms! The fines for the IPO scams run from Rs.25 lakhs to 5 lakhs. The point is that some of the superstars are also found to be indulging…