Author Archives: indra

Bihar Must Improve Education

Posted on May 27, 2008 by indra

I have a special issue of ‘India Today’ on ‘India’s Best Colleges’ in my hand. The survey covers the colleges teaching arts, commerce, science, law, engineering and medicine. There is not even a single college from Bihar in this list. … Continue reading →

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Advisory for Nitish Kumar

Posted on May 25, 2008 by indra

I wish Nitish Kumar were through with the troubles arising out of his recent cabinet reshuffle. All the dust of mistrust must have settled. I feel the lack of his constant communication with his ministers, be one from his own … Continue reading →

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West Bengal: Mam(i)ta(i) Vs. Budd(ha) and Nano

Posted on May 24, 2008 by indra

Politics of West Bengal is not comfortable for me. Congress unless merged with Mamta is not a force that the Left cares. Mamta Banerji is celebrating her party’s emphatic victory in all the zilla parishad seats in Singur and Nandigram. … Continue reading →

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India Performs, PM fails

Posted on May 22, 2008 by indra

How does one rate the performance of the government? I was amazed rather amused to see some TV news channels asking some print media editors to rate the government and the prime minister for its performance of last four years … Continue reading →

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Small Cars Racing in Indian Auto Sector

Posted on May 20, 2008 by indra

Government has been loudly expressing its intensions to make India a manufacturing hub for small cars for a long time. However, the curtain raiser Tata Motors’ ‘Nano‘ at Auto Expo 2008 in last January confirmed the candidacy of India as … Continue reading →

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NREGS – Who’s Responsible?

Posted on May 19, 2008 by indra

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, NRGES, is a real great visionary project for a country with 80% population earning less than Rs 20 a day. It provides an ensured earning for at least one member of the household for 100 … Continue reading →

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Disaster Management – China vs. India

Posted on May 17, 2008 by indra

The Chinese have remained a suspicious lot and undependable since their treachourous1962 invasion, pushing me to hate them and any thing that is Chinese. I get angrier every time I learn about China’s offensive preparation and gesture against India. Latest … Continue reading →

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Farm Productivity: Why Can’t India Emulate?

Posted on May 16, 2008 by indra

Farmers in our village and all the villages of the region cultivate two crops, rice being the main one. It is because the canal network from River Sone provides the water required for paddy crop. When I go back in … Continue reading →

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Intellectuals Share Dreams

Posted on May 14, 2008 by indra

As per the dream of C K Prahalad, India can have by 2022 the world’s largest pool of trained manpower (500 million skilled workers), 30 companies in the Fortune 100 list, 10 per cent of world trade (current share 1.5 … Continue reading →

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China -Friend or Foe

Posted on May 10, 2008 by indra

Chinese on Top Time and again, some news in the media takes me back down the memory lane to 1962. The nation was under a shock. We didn’t have our Diwali. The Chinese had betrayed India, invaded it, defeated it, … Continue reading →

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