India is a great agricultural power, a great agricultural economy!How many of the policy makers, occupying key positions in the power structure of Delhi care to respond sympathetically? To people living within the Lutyen Delhi to borrow a latest phrase the many ‘Ladder Climbers’ perched in the cozy chambers of highly designated variously? Yes, when…
Indian Media and Foreign Media.
Global Britain and Little England?What we have to learn and discard from the British media industry?Yes, there are comparisons and contrasts!When the Corona Virus hit India, all vulnerabilities of the Indian media scene came to be exposed! We saw India’s many hidden weaknesses were brought out. The world media came out in all fury and…
Anybody cares to remember Agriculture?
Agriculture in the time of Corona Virus and at a time of tough states’ elections. Yes, the world is facing a very difficult time now. There is this historical Corono Virus pandemic and yes India is the most affected country right now. How the world would overcome this crisis is anybody’s guess? To look at…
Who are the educators today?
Where are they and what are they doing? Education for democracy must be our goal!Our education must build a robust democracy!Now we are ranked, not as a big democracy!But a flawed democracy, you know? Corona virus and our current education practices are a deadly combination! There is an undeclared lockdown whose timing and extent is…
Creating a more equitable society
In India, it seems many institutions of the government seem to be becoming weaker and weaker and a bit getting disorganized. Democracy can deliver its promises only when the many institutions enumerated in the Constitution, we have to repeat at the risk repetition, namely, the Executive, Parliament, Judiciary and the fourth pillar, the freedom of…
Four months old farmers’ protests prolong!
How long this state of affairs to prolong?Surely, there must be a way out! Agriculture and farmers’ lives are so precious!The country and political leadership owe the people this much of sensitivity and moral burden! The Prime Minister’s 75th edition of Mann ki Bath has come timely as this edition deals with the PM’s concern…
In the name of education, what are we all doing? Where is India going?
As per the latest authoritative report in the London Financial Times newspaper (dated. 22, April, 2020), students from India, to be exact 2,11,015, migrated to the USA, UK, and other countries like Australia and Canada for higher education. This is not a one-off event but a trend that is going on for years. And because…
Parliamentary debates on democracy and privatisation, name-calling of big names, and many distortions.
Our Parliament is a great institution but lately, its debates and discussions are much distorted. And there it’s less light and more heat and a great Parliamentary institution must adhere to certain norms and decorum. In the recent Parliamentary debates, there was much heat and saber-rattling between the BJP and the Congress party members, especially…