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Gloomy Growth, Hopeless Managers

Posted on February 14, 2012 by indra

It is getting serious. Slow down is real. Achievable growth rate for the current fiscal is being reduced again and again. According to a survey of professional forecasters by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), forecast for growth in gross … Continue reading →

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‘Aakash’ Lost in Ministry Mess

Posted on February 12, 2012 by indra

It is unfortunate and shameful too. It is more so where it has become a conflict between the HRD ministry and IIT, Rajasthan. A country can develop its own indigenous advanced interceptor missile and successfully test it. It can compete … Continue reading →

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Will India’s Education Revolution Succeed?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by indra

Kanti Bajpai has written a wonderful article dealing with a need for bringing about ‘an education revolution’: “No country has transited from being poor and backward to being rich and developed without an education revolution.” We are hardly to wait … Continue reading →

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Two Wished Election Codes

Posted on February 4, 2012 by indra

Many would have imagined that the present UP election would be fought on the issues such as corruption or the world’s worst poverty prevailing in the country and more so in the state that is undergoing election battle. But on … Continue reading →

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Manmohan is not honest

Posted on January 31, 2012 by indra

How can a person who causes damage to the image of the nation he represents be honest? ‘A common quip in New Delhi is that Ms Gandhi has power without responsibility; whereas Dr Singh has responsibility without power.’ However, I … Continue reading →

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From Nano to Aakash

Posted on January 29, 2012 by indra

Four years ago Tata Motors unveiled the Nano (Images). Overnight Ratan Tata became an iconic figure of auto industry. India got a unique global recognition of an industrial nation with capability of breakthrough innovation. The world recognized India’s mastery of … Continue reading →

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A Winning Way for Vulnerable BJP

Posted on January 25, 2012 by indra

Some identify BJP as a party of business men particularly traders. And perhaps that was the reason that it opposed FDI in multi-brand retails that I and many like me didn’t like or agree. Most of the country men like … Continue reading →

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For Parents of School-going Children

Posted on January 23, 2012 by indra

It’s again the examination time, be it finals or entrance examinations. Examinees as well as guardians or parents are equally stressed. While the coaching centres including private tuition sector remain crowded, the schools appear deserted. Teachers have shifted to the … Continue reading →

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India’s R&D, Science and Mathematics

Posted on January 19, 2012 by indra

We had a lot of hope from Nilesh, the youngest son of my cousin Nirmal. He wasted a year in Kota taking coaching for getting into IITs and then took admission in a private engineering school near Agra. He has … Continue reading →

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India vs.China: R&D

Posted on January 13, 2012 by indra

The prime minister’s speech at Bhubaneswar at 99th India Science Congress made many revelations about the nation status on R&D after six plus decades of independence. As usual, I felt like compiling a data on India vs. China. The objective … Continue reading →

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