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Senior Indian Congressman, Thinker and Intellectual

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Dr. S. Radhakrishnan when he gave the first lectures at Kolkatta University

Posted on November 4, 2005October 12, 2010 by V.Isvarmurti

Many of the great philosophers like, say Bertrand Russell and here in India Dr.S.Radhakrishnan have written much and created vast readership. I have read them in great, extensive ways. Russell is yes, quite brilliant, he wrote so clearly that won him vast readership, even today he is selling well. Karl Poppar says, in his autobiography,…

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Jean – Paul Sartre

Posted on November 4, 2005 by V.Isvarmurti

A great French writer philosopher 1964 on October 22, Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, but he declined it. In his novels, essays, and palys, Sartre advanced the philosophy of existentialism, arguing that each individual must create meaning for his or her own life, because life itself had no innate meaning. Sartre…

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Exam-driven schools, Schoolheads show Hostility to new knowledge! To outside knowledge!

Posted on November 4, 2005 by V.Isvarmurti

Over- schooling is killing students and teachers! Bureaucratisation of school education had reached its limit in India.So too the  minds of students,teachers and parents in  the unshakeable government fixed school texts,exams etc. The other day we  visited a well-established school in a district suburb.There was also a National Award won Headmaster in the car.When we…

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Denial of freedoms by democratically elected leaders!

Posted on November 4, 2005 by V.Isvarmurti

Police States in today’s India! A people can be traumatized  by the fear of the state. Even now in states like Tamil  Nadu under the Dravidian ideology, Shivsena in Maharashtra and also under Lalu in Bihar the “democratically-elected leaders have turned dictators by more subtle and pernicious methods. An awe and a fear of the…

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Do Union Education Ministers write letters?

Posted on October 12, 2005October 12, 2010 by V.Isvarmurti

Macualay Ghost still dominates Indian Education? Yes,ever since I bought the hardcover edition of Akio Morita’s”Made in Japan”,way back in 1985 or so, I was drawn to Morita’s story. I remember the day  when  the Janata party was in power in Delhi. I one day went to see the education minister Dr.P.C. Chundar. Now his…

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Father of Free Education

Posted on October 10, 2005February 22, 2020 by V.Isvarmurti

Kamaraj as  I knew him Kamaraj had played historic roles in the evolution of modern India. In Pre- Independent India he built up the Congress Party in Tamil Nadu as a strong well-knit organisation. In post-Independent India he became a role model for efficient administration. His Chief Ministership took TN to the forefront of development….

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Why Communism fell in 1989?

Posted on September 10, 2005October 12, 2010 by V.Isvarmurti

It was a revolt of the masses and the intellectuals! Has the world become a better and safer place after the fall of Communism? Views could differ. America as the sole Superpower is a good thing? or, what are the alternatives? All big and difficult questions. Politicians are no better judges,as they are transitory persons….

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Dr.Manmohan Singh’s Oxford Speech

Posted on August 12, 2005February 22, 2020 by V.Isvarmurti

Prof.Irfan Habib’s  insightful criticism of the PM! What is at stake? Dr.Manmohan  Singh, the Prime   Minister,   had been duly honoured by Oxford  University with a honorary degree. It is Doctor of Civil Law, not D.Phil, as the Hindu newspaper’s typical longer than usual ponderous editorial wrongly carried it! On reflection I thought it is how…

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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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