Pepsico President and CFO Till the other day she was called the poster girl for all aspiring Indian executives. Both men and women! Not any more, it seems. She did what we in India might consider the most harmless thing of giving a speech to the Colombia University B-school graduation ceremony. She just pointed out…
New mindset, new style of imperial Delhi?
Self-congratulations by one and all! Panchayat Raj is identified with Collectors’ Raj! This is no way to generate employment or reduce poverty! One year of UPA doesn’t even mention employment generation, rural development, poverty reduction! Somehow, the mindset of the New Delhi government is out of sync with the mindset of the rural India. There…
Sir A Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar
A long-serving Vice – Chancellor & a formidable educationist Dr. S. Radhakrishnan is known for his unique distinctions. He served as vice-chancellor of Andhra university at Waltair for two terms and he recruited talented persons as university staff. He consulted far and wide, leading scientists in Europe when he searched for science staff. He appointed…
Oxford — What it means to me?
Readers in India, specially in Southern India would realise what it was for an young man of 25 from a rural family to venture on his own efforts to go to Oxford. Before me, may be some Brahmains must have gone to Oxford for I.C.S or on some research projects but not in the country…
My years in Santiniketan
There are some provocations for this month’s cover story. Some are personal and some are of great public interest. Some pleasant and some sad. Santiniketan is invariably linked in my mind to the recent developments and hence the writeup. Let me put them down in order of priority. 1. There is a letter lying in…
Indian Renaissance : Rammohun Roy
When Indians think of nationalism, cultural identity, one Indian name seems the starting print. What is his relevance today? We go back to Raja Rammohun Roy, who died this month 164 years ago, as he is the originator of modern India. Along with him came modern education. An assessment of the great man and his…
Political parties must have some democratic structures
Political parties are not private properties Election Commission must supervise the party elections The recent “re-election” of Sonia Gandhi as the President of the Congress party was much elaborately reported in the press. Print media played up the issue ,it seemed to demonstrate how the power structure, the sociology of power, is shaping the perceptions…
British class system and the choice of schools
The school one attends still determines ones social status in British society. There is a clear division between State schools and independent (privately funded) public schools. Having a child in a public school is a powerful symbol of wealth and status among the Britons. Class is a tricky topic, these days. More thank money and…