Combating corruption in a democracy Calls for adhering to time-honored conventions and decisive actions! There is much desperation in New Delhi. There is much heat on the Prime Minister. Nor is Sonia Gandhi at ease. We needn’t bore the readers. Everyone seems to be not doing what conventions in the past were followed and not…
Fighting corruption, black money and adhering to truth and honesty!
Prime Minister’ image suffers! Senior ministers must not surrender their self-respect! The 2G spectrum is now a test for national integrity, truth and honesty in public life. It won’t go away easily. This time at least. That is the national mood this time. The appointment of the CVC, the Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J.Thomas has brought…
Shame on America!
Radio tags to Indian students shows American culture’s limitations! It is an insult not just to Indian youngsters but also to the rest of the world. An insult to human dignity and a lack of decency and much else in general American behaviour. So, after all America is a very different country and culture? Yes,…
Our education!
Lack of direction, lack of leadership! This generation’s education is changing! It is a challenging task also! Education debate in the country is still narrow. Narrow focused. It is all about everyone getting educated. There is a new awareness across all classes and all communities that an education, in the English medium is the best…
Development vs. environment concerns
Ramesh rhetoric cools! Environment ministry changing its direction? Development realities hit hard environment concerns? Posco, the South Korean steel giant gets clearance for its 12 billion dollar investments in steel and port projects in Orissa. This is the biggest FDI in India and waited for 6 long years of gestation before the ministry was forced,…
Democracy is what? Democracy is for whom?
Democracy is for the people, the masses? Yes, it is for their freedoms! What chance is there for the freedoms of the people to reach them? What are the stumbling blocks for the freedoms to reach them? For them to realise the freedoms? Or the benefits of their freedoms to reach them? We seem to…
Kapil Sibal is a disaster!
What is happening in education? Or for that matter in his new assignment, telecom? We need a healthy debate in education! Why, even on sports, culture and media etc.! There is a hell of a noise and much on the coming cricket cup series and already much money and much hype are made of the…
Cognitive dissonence of our times?
This denial of what is reality, what is the tursh? This is an intellectual journal, you should realise! So, we have to ask hard questions, use words that are new and also critical for our cognition and much intellectual self-doubt and also much searching for new issues and the answers that issues might call for….