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Powering India-6 Nuclear

Posted on September 25, 2007 by indra

India produced over 1,30,000 MW last fiscal India hopes to add another 78,000 MW by 2011-12. Some estimates that India must add nearly 20,000 MW per annum in power capacity to sustain 9-10 per cent GDP growth that is one … Continue reading →

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Noida Authority! Who authorizes to waste taxpayers’ money?

Posted on September 25, 2007 by indra

Noida Authority (NA) had been constructing a service lane along both the sides of the main road connecting Choura Mor to Dadri Road for last few months or perhaps a year causing inconvenience to all those who use the road … Continue reading →

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Booming and Bubbling India- XIX

Posted on September 24, 2007 by indra

The economy is on song, (despite recent dat revealing a suspected slowdown in manufacturing growth), and India Inc. is in rapid expansion mode. This the way a report starts on a feature, ‘India is now world’s 7th largest IPO market’. … Continue reading →

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Guru I Certainly Need

Posted on September 23, 2007 by indra

On September 20, the column of Speaking Tree had an article by Kamlesh Dixit, ‘A guru to provide safe harbour’. I remember many years ago, my uncle induced Yamuna and me to have ‘Gurumukh’ from a Guruji. We had come … Continue reading →

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China vs. India- Ying and Chandragupta

Posted on September 22, 2007 by indra

In 1974, a farmer, while digging his well, discovered first of the life-sized clay figure of soldiers of the famous terracotta army of China. Archeologists described it as the greatest archeological find of the 20th century. The first emperor wanted … Continue reading →

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Education- Where India Fails

Posted on September 21, 2007 by indra

A NASSOCOM-McKinsey study last year predicted a shortfall of 5,00,000 by 2010 for IT sector. It shocked the Indians who were languishing under the perception of its demographic advantage, as India turns out 4,00,000 plus engineers a year. Admissions last … Continue reading →

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Kerala’s Karats, and Buddha’s Bengal

Posted on September 21, 2007 by indra

It is strange. Karat is trying to undo all that Buddha is perspiring for in West Bengal. Karat’s foolish rigidity on Indo-US Nuclear deal on nuclear power can spoil the party of the booming economy for India. Naturally that will … Continue reading →

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Tata’s Rs 1 lakh Car: Evolution and Impact

Posted on September 20, 2007 by indra

It was a summer of 1959. Five mechanical engineering students from IIT, Kharagpur were on vocational training in TELCO, Jamshedpur. TELCO was its abbreviated name and that is today Tata Motors. I was one of the five. Even at that … Continue reading →

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Ram integrates, Karunanidhi-Advani Divides

Posted on September 20, 2007 by indra

John Kay, in ‘India -a History’, one very good book on Indian history that I have come across till date, says, “No society retains a more rewarding consciousness of the past than India’s. Legend and oral tradition, when credible, may … Continue reading →

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Bihar and ‘India Today’

Posted on September 19, 2007 by indra

The annual feature ‘State of the States’ survey of ‘India Today’ that claims to provide the definitive ranking of the quality of life across India appeared in its September 24, 2007 issue. I was eagerly waiting for it to see … Continue reading →

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