Author Archives: indra

Critical Issues, Belated Responses?

Posted on January 18, 2011 by indra

After months that the nation has suffered from high inflation particularly in prices of essential vegetables such as onion and tomato, an economist, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, discovers and suggests that ‘the horticulture items should all be removed from … Continue reading →

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A Letter to CM, Bihar

Posted on January 14, 2011 by indra

Dear Nitish Kumarji Giving you the benefit of doubt, I infer that you are too busy to come with a mission statement for the next five years on your blog. Actually I wished you to write about what you expect … Continue reading →

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Gurus’ Nano and Sushant

Posted on January 10, 2011 by indra

‘Business Today’ in its nineteenth anniversary issue has articles from many management greats and gurus such as Tarun Khanna and Vijay Govindarajan: Tarun Khanna: Tata’s Nano, the first so-called ‘1 lakh Rupee’ car ($2,200, or close to this) and its … Continue reading →

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Confused or Confusing Government

Posted on January 6, 2011 by indra

There are certainly two sets of news appearing in media. One pains and other excites. I happened to listen to Kapil Sibal yesterday that was very well covered by digital media. It appeared he was advocating for A Raja and … Continue reading →

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Man Mohan and Sonia: Be Decisive; Run or Quit

Posted on January 4, 2011 by indra

A question constantly haunts me. Should Man Mohan Singh be compared with other politician prime ministers that India had till date? Is not he at the best a CEO appointed by Congress Party or more correctly by Sonia Gandhi? I … Continue reading →

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Alumni Meet of IIT, Kharagpur- My Views

Posted on December 27, 2010 by indra

I wish I would have joined the meet of alumni of IIT, Kharagpur of batch that passed out in 1961. Even the mere imagination of some old men in seventies getting together is pretty exciting. Over the years, I have … Continue reading →

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Dr. Sudarshan Sinha- The Forgotten Physicist

Posted on December 22, 2010 by indra

I came to know about Dr. Sudarshan Sinha only from Kamkhaya as grandfather of Alpana. Kamakhya was trying to get Alpana married to Rakesh, my eldest son, sometime in early 1990s. I met Dr. Sinha first time during the Tilak … Continue reading →

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From New York to New Delhi

Posted on December 16, 2010 by indra

It was raining since some time in night on Sunday, December 12, 2010, when we were to leave New York for Noida. It continued in morning too. Luckily for the first time during our almost twelve days stay, it was … Continue reading →

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