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Senior Indian Congressman, Thinker and Intellectual

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Bill Clinton’s BBC Lecture

Posted on February 1, 2007 by V.Isvarmurti

America’s new found friendship with India What India should do to make world a safe place The year just gone by saw a congregation of Nobel Laureates in Sweden on the occasion of the centenary of Alfred Nobel. But the Nobel Laureates didn’t rise up to the historic challenges of international terrorism. Neither the other…

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Classics on Education

Posted on February 1, 2007 by V.Isvarmurti

Macdonell’s history of Sanskrit literature Unknown to Indians the historic facts about Mahabharatha & Ramayana Educated Indians, even the best of their kind, might not be able to tell correctly the historic facts about our great Classics, our Vedas, Epics, Brahmanas,Sutras etc., Our Education is at fault greatly. But more to the point, our traditional…

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Good politics is important for good economics?

Posted on February 1, 2007 by V.Isvarmurti

It is not so simple! Anyway, one hopes our policy makers should focus on GDP as well as on non-economic factors like rule of law, transparency in governance. Under the BJP government the economic growth rose to 8.5% in 2003-04 on the previous year’s poor 4%. The Singh government promised 7-8 %.But actual growth today…

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Strong Prime Ministers, weak Prime Ministers

Posted on February 1, 2007February 28, 2007 by V.Isvarmurti

What is the public view of this one year government? The UPA completes one year in office. What is its achievements? What are its failures? The UPA wants to bring out a booklet. For preparing this booklet, the UPA had called the CPI and the CPI(M) for a breakfast meeting with the PM to finalise…

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The crazy American private health insurance system!

Posted on February 1, 2007February 22, 2020 by V.Isvarmurti

Our own insurance companies haven’t risen up to current demands! It is a question of leadership at the top. The government has announced in April a national rural health ` mission. Fine. But then the status of healthcare, the allocations in the budget, the share in the GDP are scandalously low. Now, what are the…

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Teaching science? Teach first the science philosophy!

Posted on February 1, 2007 by V.Isvarmurti

Science lessons must be part of ethics teaching too! Sciences have been held up as glamour knowledge. But science today is different from yester years. Today,science and technologies have also led to many problems.In India sciences were held as holy cows.They are no more.In today’s world we confront several issues that fall outside pure sciences…

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Role models! In diverse fields!

Posted on February 1, 2007 by V.Isvarmurti

They make all the difference! In cultivating public sensitivity! Former Karnataka Chief Minister writes Ramayana poem Vishva Mohan Bhatt invents Mohana Veena Javed Akthar lives life on the fast lane! These are only just three examples. There are so many others in so many diverse fields! They are all creative people. They are creative artists….

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Why I don’t read American literature?

Posted on February 1, 2007 by V.Isvarmurti

America a superpower / American literature not supreme! In any standard anthology of English literature or world literature there is no chapter, not even a honourable mention of American literature! Why? A question that should engage Indian writers in English as well as those who write in Indian languages which have ancient literatures and literary…

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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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