Monthly Archives: August 2006

The Independence Day Anniversary issue of ‘Outlook’ presented some data compiled by Paromita Shastri in her article- ‘Best of Times, Worst of Times’. I have chosen the best ones here: Income: India’s per-capita gross national income is $3,120, measured by … Continue reading →

It was in the beginning of this month that Sunita Narain‘s Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) after a fresh study claimed the presence of ‘pesticide cocktail’ in 11 brands of soft drink giants Coca Cola and PepsiCo, three years … Continue reading →

This one character of Dwapar Era has been a very complex character to understand for many. Krishna with his thousand names has influence over all classes. Perhaps, it is difficult to associate him to a narrow identity such as a … Continue reading →

India wishes to be a leader in the ‘Knowledge Economy’. But here is the status through some statistics. Rs 920 gross expenditure on R&D for every citizen (Rs 2,612 in China and Rs 46,751 in the US) Rs 116 cr … Continue reading →

It is heartening to hear and read that the exhaustive poll conducted across 19 states with over 14,000 samples covering a large section of rural India by CNN-IBN and Centre for Studies of Developing Societies (CSDS) found you as the … Continue reading →

On this day when I have gone 67, my wife hands over a packet of gift at 4AM, when I quietly left bed and came to sit with my laptop. I am overjoyed, but show only my humility. Why do … Continue reading →

India’s worst concerns and the best of achievements relate to education. Present education system that has great institutions such as IITs and IISc has produced some unique results. When we look at the primary schools, particularly the governments ones in … Continue reading →

Anand requests me write about myself on the occasion of my 67 th birth date. And while I look back down the memory lanes, I get immense happiness. I have sweet memories, particularly the unimaginable love and affection that I … Continue reading →

553 m metric tonne of oil equivalent was India’s energy consumption in 2003(1,410 m metric tonne for China). 100 m mobile phone users in India in 2006 (194.5 m in the US in 2005) Rs 1,81,000 cr is what India … Continue reading →

Business Week has published a full feature today ‘An Awakening In Bihar’– How one rural school helps prepare poor youths for the Indian Institutes of Technology. I feel so happy after going through it. I have written about these missionaries … Continue reading →