Yes, they are expelling thousands out of jobs IT biggies gone underground! Why IT leaders remain tongue-tied? There are reports almost daily that hundreds and thousands of mid-career IT professionals with families and school-going children, loans on housing to repay etc. are asked on a daily basis, as soon as they enter their offices in…
O.7 per cent only large farmers!
70 per cent are small and marginal farmers with less than one hectare of farm land! So, what sort of farm policies you make for these unviable farmers who easily resort to the only option to deal with mounting debe4ts? Suicide and that is what needs to be address. How do you do this? Not…
Presidential elections won’t be a surprise!
PM’s candidate is welcome! What are the issues, if any? Opposition leaders had met the Government representatives and the common candidate is unlikely. If the past practice is any guide, there would be a Government candidate, possibly a BJP veteran or someone who could win the majority vote which is likely to gather momentum as…
Indian agriculture in a crisis phase
What can be done, both in the short and the long-term? Short-run solutions are obvious. Give farm loans waiver! Easy to say, difficult to implement! This demand and also conceding the demand is now more a political decision and it is for the Prime Minister, more than for anyone to take a final decision. Farmers…
Press in India, free or weak!
Press freedom a concern for the elite only? A new head for the Broadcasting machinery appointed! A new maturity and a new liberal approach to press freedom make India a stronger democracy! We saw the news item on the RedInk awards for India’s best journalists! Media freedom is more talked about than upheld. In most…
An old book, a classic – About Education, 1942, by C.E.M. Joad
Why education is boring and dull! It needn’t be! We, Indians are accustomed to reading English books written by the Brits, right? That is our legacy! This is not a book review. This page is an outcome of reading an old book that remains a classic and that too in the field of education. C.E.M….
Modi’s three years!
Of course, there is a great deal of development! Also, a great deal of anxiety and discomfort as well! The BJP government led by a self-confident Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi in three years has done a lot of good work. There is a transformation indeed in several sectors. The economy is growing at respectable rate…
Democracy, Opposition party and Opposition unity.
Lalu Prasad Yadav Rally in Patna On August 27 in Patna! Lalu Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader, Lalu Prasad Yadav, the major Opposition leader has called for a rally of major Opposition parties has called for a united rally, called BJP Bhagao Desh Bachaoa on August 27 in Patna to oppose some of the…