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Failing to Deliver

Posted on September 14, 2010 by indra

If I self review or someone else looks into my performance of my entries in my blog, I am slowing steadily. I am slipping on my determination to write one page every day as my job of the day. There … Continue reading →

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Bihar Election: Have Single Point Manifesto and Ensure Outcome

Posted on September 11, 2010 by indra

Bihar has gone in election mode. Every political party and group will come out its manifesto, the list of their promises, plans and programmes to bring the heaven on this earth if elected. I wish for a change, it could … Continue reading →

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Nano in News: Good, Bad and Indifferent

Posted on September 8, 2010 by indra

Nano’s launch was historic for Ratan Tata, Tata Motors and even India, the emerging manufacturing power. Mamta made mess. Modi became the rescuer. Ratan Tata proved every skeptic ones wrong. And now one can see little cute Nanos, though not … Continue reading →

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Bihar Visit: Some Whom I Met

Posted on September 6, 2010 by indra

My conversation with my maternal uncle Chandra Mani Tiwari at Sasaram during my short stay revealed some value issues. We are getting miser on love, affection, respect, and sacrifice. Usually Mamaji earlier never got tired of talking very high of … Continue reading →

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IIT: Medical Education or Medical Facility

Posted on September 4, 2010 by indra

Director of IIT, Kharagpur had a plan to start a medical college under the governance of IIT. Health ministry and MCI didn’t allow that to happen. Unfortunately, any change in the way government works in India is difficult. Who will … Continue reading →

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Pipra, My Village: Some Landmarks

Posted on September 3, 2010 by indra

Roads are coming from two sides to Pipra. One is preferred from and to Sasaram, and the other from and towards Varanasi. I have a small land still in my name near the Village Panchayat Bhawan. It’s on periphery of … Continue reading →

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Election, Manifesto and Outcome

Posted on September 1, 2010 by indra

It was nice to see a ‘People’s Manifesto’ for the forthcoming assembly election in Bihar. It was a great initiative from Bihartimes.com, but I wish the editor makes it of greater value by involving some non-political well-wishers of the state, … Continue reading →

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Bihar: Visiting Extended Family

Posted on August 29, 2010 by indra

I had a number of purposes behind visiting Bihar in this season that remains usually unbearably humid and hot too. With Mamaji in his Sasaram house My loving maternal uncle is now in his late eighties. He had been a … Continue reading →

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Manmohan’s Credibility Loss and Alternative

Posted on August 29, 2010 by indra

Anna’s win certainly has exposed Manmohan and his total ineffective governance. Rahul Gandhi not only proved himself poor in assisting Manmohan to salvage the damage done in making multiple mistakes in handling Anna’s hurricane. Rather the way Rahul tried to … Continue reading →

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Visiting Bihar: My Village, Your Village, and the Paradise

Posted on August 27, 2010 by indra

I always enjoy seeing the land mass spreading up to horizon when I near my home railway station, Sasaram from the door of the coach. MahaBodhi Express was almost five hours late. It proved perhaps a boon in disguise. The … Continue reading →

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