Why our honble MPs got so angry with the Planning Commission experts? Still we need economists and highbrow theorists! Here are two experts! Prof.Ashish Bose, my friend A demographer and an activist! Another, very highbrow, Esther Buffalo of MIT! It was nice to see an interview with Prof.Ashish Bose in the Business Standard the other…
So, the Supreme Court directs the river-interlinking project!
What the Supreme Court order mandates? It should be tried this time in a time-bound manner! Yes, the Supreme Court has to come to the rescue of the country’s water-starved people and the farmers! Supreme Court, as a legal expert notes decides finally everything. The Constitution lays down the basic rules. But it is the…
India is of course on the move!
India is not losing its magic; let us tell The Economist magazine cover story! But beware foreign media’s clever portrayal of India! There is not one word about Indian’s successful IT revolution, you know? Indian media is also ambivalent! There are corporate interests and other vested interests! So, independent opinion must be carefully assessed! Yes,…
Fatigue in policy making?
Yes and No! Ground level realities gives hope and much optimism, we have to admit! Yet, the new urban migration pace is a sure indicator of India’s strong growth potential! From the budgets to target fixing to every department From poverty estimates to fixing rate of growth to coal and oil blocks auctioning you see…
The new coal scam? The damage? Or Damage controlled?
No, not yet, says the CAG letter to the PM! CAG: Govt lost Rs.10.7 l cr by not auctioning coal blocks! Industry captains must speak out! The great strength of Indian democracy is that it is quite alive and kicking, so to say. The media, print media at any rate is very bold and forthcoming….
A new book on Leo Tolstoy
Book Review Tolstoy: A Russian Life Pages 544, 2010 Profile Books, London, RM 106, Kuala Lampur A book that could change your life! Yes, Leo Tolstoy, usually called by his Russian name, Lev Tolstoy (1828-1910), is perhaps the greatest Russian ever born and lived, he came to be recognised as greater than the Tsar kings,…