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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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B -Schools Causing Inequity

Posted on May 8, 2008 by indra

Today most of the prospective students and their parents dream of IITs and IIMs. It didn’t happen so much in 60s. Most of the students from Presidency though selected in IIT went for higher science degrees. I still remember our … Continue reading →

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Noida Authority and Residents’ Welfare

Posted on May 6, 2008 by indra

Time and again, I have been using media to reach Noida Authority (NA) with a single appeal: Whenever NA initiates a project for the benefits of the residents of a sector/ block, it must inform the residents about it through … Continue reading →

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Food Crisis Gets Global and so the Politics

Posted on May 6, 2008 by indra

I felt really bad, when Anand from US told me today about the spirally rising food prices. During our last visit to US, we found food items relatively cheap and wonderfully good quality. That remained one attraction for spending some … Continue reading →

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Parshurama-Some Thoughts and Views

Posted on May 4, 2008 by indra

We went to an unusual anniversary of Parshurama– the sixth incarnation of Vishnu as per Hindu scriptures. Normally, we hardly move out these days, but it was Ranjan, who was so insisting that I couldn’t but take the risk of … Continue reading →

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