Monthly Archives: March 2008

Not A Bad Dream

Posted on March 16, 2008 by indra

I love to read Vir Sanghvi’s viewpoints on the national issues. This Sunday he has created a political scenario of India. Can the third front be a reality with Prakash Karat’s conditionality expressed in a rally in Lucknow? Vir writes … Continue reading →

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History, Literature and Religious Sentiments

Posted on March 15, 2008 by indra

Time and again, some affiliates of BJP, the second national political party do something that shames any sane persons. It happened this time in Delhi University. BJP affiliated student activists, sometimes I feel like calling them terrorist, created problem. They … Continue reading →

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Farmer- mania and Rural India<

Posted on March 15, 2008 by indra

To talk about the rural India has become a fad for everyone in intellectual arena. I have been reading some good books (Two Billions of Entrepreneurs, Planet India) by American Indians or NRIs. To be frank, I don’t know the … Continue reading →

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India as Knowledge Society- Dream or reality?

Posted on March 14, 2008 by indra

Last Auto Expo 2008 was unique in one respect. It provided a feel-good factor to visitors about the capability of the Indian engineers working in automobile industry. India can’t only produce automobiles to world standard in scale large enough to … Continue reading →

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Should India Celebrate?

Posted on March 12, 2008 by indra

The wealth of Indian billionaires is more than 3.5 times the wealth of Chinese billionaires. With 19 newcomers, India has 53 billionaires with a combined wealth of $340.9 billion, according to the Forbes list of world’s billionaires. India also holds … Continue reading →

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India’s Best Managed Companies and Manufacturing

Posted on March 11, 2008 by indra

It is not that it happens. Do they follow some set principles and policies, or use some set tools and techniques? Many look into the evolution of the company and deduce some mantras of management success. Business Today’s list of … Continue reading →

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India on the coverpage of ‘Economist’

Posted on March 10, 2008 by indra

India has again appeared on the cover page of the ‘Economist‘ this week. ” In many ways India counts as one of liberalisation’s greatest success stories. Over the past 15 years it has been transformed into a far more powerful … Continue reading →

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CM Bihar Sir!

Posted on March 7, 2008 by indra

I know you had and have a tough job in hand. Some of the actions are certainly changing the perception of the outsiders about Bihar. However, Bihar requires some fast track action plans that can make as quick an impact … Continue reading →

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Powering India

Posted on March 6, 2008 by indra

As confessed in Economic Survey as well as Budget 2008, the growth of power generation has always been lower than the targeted growth rate. Lack of availability of quality electric power has been one of the major reasons for poor … Continue reading →

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IITs and IIMs: Demand to Dilute

Posted on March 4, 2008 by indra

During my school days in Birlapur, I had heard of how Dr. BC Roy, the then chief minister, who was also a very reputed physician wrested the first IIT to get established at Kharagpur in West Bengal that was going … Continue reading →

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