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IIT, Kharagpur: 1961 Batch Alumni Meet in Bangalore

Posted on November 10, 2011 by indra

I had not attended any alumni meet after the one in Calcutta many years ago. It was due to an initiative of Mr. P Parthsarthy. My batch mate RK Agrawal who worked in Heavy Engineering division was also there. I … Continue reading →

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Hampi-Our Heritage: My Views

Posted on November 7, 2011 by indra

Every time I think about our history, I get morose to know that even today not much of research is getting done by Indians about our heritages. One can hardly find some good authentic historical and archaeological literature written by … Continue reading →

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Promoters of ‘Made-in-China’

Posted on November 4, 2011 by indra

As reported recently, ‘From fancy lights, lampshades, Ganesha and Laxmi idols to crackers and other such sundry items, the market in India is surging with Chinese products and consumers seem to be making a beeline to buy these attractive and … Continue reading →

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Halloween: Some lessons for Indian Farmers

Posted on November 1, 2011 by indra

Sunday was Halloween and Halloween all the day. Halloween means pumpkin. One can find all regions dotted with pumpkin patches. Yamuna had a query. Has it got something to do with farmer? She says she smells of a pre-diwali ritual … Continue reading →

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How could IITs produce a Steve Jobs or a second CP Raman?

Posted on October 31, 2011 by indra

Since NR Narayana Murthy and Jairam Ramesh raised the issue of the falling quality of the graduates coming out of IITs, there had been many columnists who have referred to their comments. But the deterioration is almost widespread in every … Continue reading →

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Ramayana: AK Ramanujan, Tulsidas or Camille Bulke<

Posted on October 29, 2011 by indra

Last fortnight a controversy got wide coverage in media. It related to an essay of AK Ramanujan, ‘Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation’, that was part of undergraduate course in history of Delhi University. The university … Continue reading →

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Ethical Practices and Corruption

Posted on October 25, 2011 by indra

How can a person or a group of activists fight against the enormous resources of the government? Particularly, Congress, with few unscrupulous lawyers, some sycophants as its leaders and some media persons with vested interests to support, is creating a … Continue reading →

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US and India: Expectations of Mutual Respect

Posted on October 23, 2011 by indra

US is certainly not the same that used to be in years ago, neither is India. While US economy is badly on decline with its middle class in trouble and all the jobs disappearing fast. It has maximum number of … Continue reading →

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Corruption Cases:Mercenary Media’s Wrong Priorities

Posted on October 22, 2011 by indra

‘Indian Express’ doesn’t agree with Kiran Bedi’s explanation about the air bill that must be in thousands only. Unfortunately, the same newspaper dare not publish some real investigative piece on the day-light and outright loot of the biggest state of … Continue reading →

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Job Openings in Plenty, But No Takers

Posted on October 20, 2011 by indra

Many a times I doubt if the government really wishes to create jobs. Is it sincere about its skill training programme? Should it follow the text book solution for every problem facing the nation? Can’t the unemployed youth be trained … Continue reading →

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