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IIT, Bihar and Japan

Posted on April 10, 2008 by indra

Should someone who keeps Bihar near to his heart not feel bad about Japan’s preference of Andhra Pradesh over Bihar for helping in setting up its IIT? Perhaps, normally I wouldn’t have been shocked to see the news while surfing … Continue reading →

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Watch ‘Chitrahaar’, Learn Language

Posted on April 8, 2008 by indra

It is an interesting discovery, particularly for India where literacy is low and craze for film songs is high. One can speed up learning of a language using a subtitle in the language for the film songs in popular TV … Continue reading →

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Farmers Always at Loss

Posted on April 7, 2008 by indra

Be it Shining India of NDA or the Rs 60,000 crore loan waiver credited to Sonia, marginal farmers, and more so, the landless labouring people in rural India remain deprived and helpless, and so angry too. Those claiming to govern … Continue reading →

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To Bihar’s Credit

Posted on April 4, 2008 by indra

Many a times, I get confused. What would have been the right course or the benchmarks for Bihar? What model it must follow? Should Bihar go for one followed by Naidu’s Andhra Pradesh? And then I find the highest incidence … Continue reading →

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IITs: Fee Enhancement for Exclusivity <

Posted on April 3, 2008 by indra

I have a reason to be happy, rather to be obliged to the Almighty. Coming from an insignificant family of farm holders in a remote Bihar’s village, my grandfather, a teacher by profession could dare to educate me in the … Continue reading →

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Are Indians Really That Poor?

Posted on April 2, 2008 by indra

Time and again, the politicians and columnists are emphatically quoting the report of an economist saying 77% of our population, 836 million, lives under less than Rs 20 a day. I feel some thing is messy somewhere. Yamuna pays Rs … Continue reading →

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India’s Demographic Dividend

Posted on March 31, 2008 by indra

The government has been trying to upgrade the skill building institutes of the country since its 2004 budget. And in Budget 2008, one more establishment has been announced. This time it plans to set up a non-profit skill development corporation … Continue reading →

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An Indian Guru- Expectation Belied

Posted on March 30, 2008 by indra

It happened last Tuesday. I had seen the welcome banners for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar as I entered Sector 40 enroute the park where I take my morning walk. I could understand that he must be attending some function of … Continue reading →

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Agriculture Sector- Some Critical Issues-1

Posted on March 28, 2008 by indra

Over the years, the agriculture sector contribution in GDP has reduced to only 18.6 per cent. However, as reported, Agriculture employs 60 per cent of the workforce. The number may be debatable and doubted. However, many of issues reflected in … Continue reading →

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Speech Recognition- Technology Brings Together

Posted on March 27, 2008 by indra

Anand has helped us in getting the web cam and the necessary software installed in my laptop. Today perhaps we are connected in best possible manner. Every week more than once we can talk and see each other on real … Continue reading →

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