OECD, Deputy Director General in India! The Agra-held India Partnership Summit Big shots from the WTO and OECD and Korea! What they said about India and our performance? As a nation, as a people and our government, bureaucray and corruption! Yes, they all noted our high corruption-tainted government and governance! Also, more importantly, our bureaucracy…
Migration of workers and professionals!
Globalisation’s many positive gains! Migration has changed Indian employment pattern? Why, the migration scene has impacted the Indian society, the middle classes in many perceptible and imperceptible say. There has this aspect of Indian economic development that has not received much attention. The migration of students and professionals from the developing countries to the developed…
“Let there be bread!”
India progressively on the sidelines? Does India matter in the international arena? Who care for our diplomats and bureaucrats? Whenever we go abroad it used to be considered only courteous to call on the Indian diplomats at our embassies. So too at the other international foras, like UN agencies. In Geneva it used to be…
Challenges before Indian democracy!
India, China and other democracies compared! A critical public opinion and a public awareness are called for. A few days out of the country and in Europe, more so in Italy, a country plagued by economic crisis and political instability, was a new experience and gave new perspectives. Seen from the old imperial Roman Empire…
The public mood is anything but good!
Anything but positive! There is much cynicism and also much anger to give a jolt to sweet dreams! Will it be Rahul Gandhi or Rajnath Singh? The new BJP President has tough task ahead! Rajnath Singh’s “farmer face”! BJP has a new president and says Rajnath’s farmer friendly politics may help the party! What does…
Thoughts on the occasion of Barack Obama’s second inauguration address!
We are talking of only of the next elections! Not anything of any big deal growth agenda? See Barack Obama’s second inaugural speech. Obama has outlined a vision. A vision for all-round growth, universal healthcare, big spending and also promoting global stability and global peace. Fighting climate change challenge etc. We are basically a talking…
Political videos
Here are short videos of my political thoughts and comments: Why we need change in Tamil Nadu? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0OmRHOXFuQ] I want to create a Congress Culture in Tamil Nadu [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIhC5gsgS4]
An open letter : To The Editor, Oxford Today magazine
Britain has not learnt any lessons from India? Britain seems to live in the past, it seems. It likes to see Indians still as slavish, inferior and subservient? No more! Today’s India is vibrant, independent, entrepreneurial and very assertive! Bangalore Date : 16.11.2012 Dr.James Lofthouse, Oxford Today. Oxford, UK. E-mail : oxford.today@admin.ox.ac.uk Dear Dr.Lofthouse, I…