Economics alone doesn’t save a government Economists in India had enjoyed periods of much recognition and also much neglect. In Independent India, under Nehru, economists came to much public notice. P.C.Mahalanobis, V.K.R.V. Rao and many others, including the foreign economists of the calibre of Nicholas Kaldor and Tan Tinbergen, Oscar Lange (Communist economist) were more…
Even educated Indians don’t bother to know the world!
So,what hopes for our leaders to take India forward? Even highly educated Indians, I mean those with foreign education qualifications and training don’t seem to know how the world is moving forward. Those Indians with foreign qualifications, with MBAs, are employed in corporate world. They are either owner entrepreneurs or employed by businessmen at high…
Engineering education in Karnataka
Chief Minister’s expeditious steps solve tricky problems No day passes in Karnataka without the engineering colleges hitting the front page news headlines!Such is the top priority for engineering education in the state.Bangalore is setting the agenda for top quality engineering graduates. The IT companies are now desparately in search of high quality talent.Infosys,as the news…
Planning Commission Activities
Should the government engage foreign consultants? When the government reconstituted the Planning Commission, we wrote the Commission be headed by some practical politician of repute. There are very practical reasons for making these suggestions. The previous Vajpayee government, knowingly or unknowingly nominated many lightweights, some plainly unworthy, some plain party enthusiasts. So, the Planning Commission…
Agri Credit : Chidambaram must monitor agri credit targets every month!
There are routine disturbing news coming out everyday. What news except farmers committing suicides? The latest is of course more farmers deaths in AP. In two days, 5 suicides! There is also now farmers suicides from MP, Maharashtra and even from the other Southern States; Karnataka, has of course for notorious insensitivity, Kerala, the more…
A second language is a secure job!
So, teach more foreign languages! The world is changing. More wealth is being created now than in any previous generations. More Indian families are migrating toforeign countries. So, be prepared. That is the message.A report in the American press brings home the latest need for more new language speaking persons. One car distribution firm in…
Autobiographical : What history I studied?
My Oxford years : crowded by philosophers and historians! A.J.P.Taylor, Isiah Berlin, James Joll Indians need to learn to distrust much of British written history. The immediate provocation for this essay is the reading of A.J.P. Taylor (1906-1990), the well-known British historian, for the second time. I had the good fortune to attend his history…
India: a big country, big economy, big democracy
We need self-reliance and self-sufficiency There seems to be some disappointment about the new government’s many silences! Yes, the Prime Minister is a very upright man and he only commands respect in the government. As for other ministers and other aspects of government, there are more positive hopes, rather than indications of positive steps. Of…