Monthly Archives: August 2007

Life at 68

Posted on August 14, 2007 by indra

I normally wake up anytime between 3~4AM, but try once at least to sleep for some more time. However, generally I can’t sleep and so get up. This has been the routine for years. Following the advice of some well … Continue reading →

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Booming and Bubbling India- XIII

Posted on August 13, 2007 by indra

Another good quarter ended June 2007. The performance of India Inc. seems fantastic. 2,308 companies register a massive 39% growth in net profit (over the previous corresponding period that ended June 2006). Top line grew 19% during this period. The … Continue reading →

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Rigveda in US Senate

Posted on August 12, 2007 by indra

As reported, thirty manuscripts of the ancient Hindu text Rig Veda dating from 1800 to 1500 BC are among 38 new items that have been added to the United Nations heritage list to help preserve them for posterity. The items … Continue reading →

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Powering India-4: Solar Energy and Rural India

Posted on August 10, 2007 by indra

Solar energy can be perhaps the best source of energy for rural India. I don’t know about other states, but in the villages around my own in Bihar and that of Yamuna, many petty farmers have installed the solar plates. … Continue reading →

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Automobile Manufacturing

Posted on August 10, 2007 by indra

As an engineering professional who worked in an Automobile Industry for more than thirty years of my life, I used to write a lot on technical areas that were of interest to me. Many of my articles were published in … Continue reading →

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Why are we so mean?

Posted on August 9, 2007 by indra

Mumbai has a historical mansion on Mumbai’s Malabar Hill. For the last 25 years, the mansion is vacant today, gates rusted and overgrown creepers allover. Mohammad Ali Jinnah — the founder of Pakistan had built it. Jinnah wished to spend … Continue reading →

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New IAS: Will They be Good Public Servants?

Posted on August 8, 2007 by indra

‘Outlook’ had published one wonderfully great analytical report ‘Backwoods Babus’ by Anjali Puri on the new breed of the babus (IAS). Increasingly, the new members of the IAS cadre are coming from the lower income group of the society and … Continue reading →

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Nalanda International University and Politics

Posted on August 7, 2007 by indra

Why do some people see only the darker side of any endevour to create a great thing? Why do they start having suspicion about the good intentions of some who can dream, take lessons from the failures in past and … Continue reading →

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Booming and Bubbling India- XII

Posted on August 6, 2007 by indra

While ‘Time’ magazine celebrates India’s 60 years of independence, Shobha De gives a ‘wake up‘ call. Some are skeptical and find Indian economy overheating. A group is worried about the falls in stock market last week. But in the last … Continue reading →

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The Wonder that is India

Posted on August 5, 2007 by indra

It was ‘Seven Wonders of the World’ till 070707, and now it’s ‘the wonder that is India’ a ‘Times of India’ initiative. List of the monuments in ‘the wonder that is India’ includes: Taj Mahal, Victoria Terminus, Lotus Temple, Hampi, … Continue reading →

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