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Railway Projects: Bihar’s Doorway to Prosperity

Posted on May 15, 2010 by indra

I have been advocating for some railway projects that can bring Bihar on the map of industrial India. At Harnaut in Nitish’s constituency, the Indian railway is building a coach maintenance plant. Nitish as railway Minister had initiated that. As … Continue reading →

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India inc.: Real Rural Social Responsibility

Posted on May 14, 2010 by indra

Bill Gates visited Amethi in this punishing Indian summer. Why is this romance with India’s remote villages? Perhaps after getting at top in wealth creation, Bill is genuinely working to reach and help the deprived lot of the world. As … Continue reading →

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Bihar: The Fear of Uncertain Future

Posted on May 12, 2010 by indra

Bihar has clearly swung into poll mode. Nitish is on ‘Biswas Yatra’. Congress is dreaming to make a comeback through a discredited leader of 1982 Delhi massacre fame. Lalu and Ram Bilas Paswan are busy in discrediting Nitish. They hardly … Continue reading →

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Nitin at Harvard: Father’s Advice

Posted on May 7, 2010 by indra

Since Wednesday, the print media is almost euphoric about Nitin’s elevation as dean of Harvard business School. Economic Times, Businessline, Financial Express, and many national newspapers covered the story with good inputs as usual. I liked one report that appeared … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Family and an Elderly Couple

Posted on May 5, 2010 by indra

The story of Mrs. Lakshman Singh will be the story of every old couple living alone in India with children working and living in distant places or abroad. Lakshman Singh is in hospital now for almost a month. He suffered … Continue reading →

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Album and Autobiography-7

Posted on May 2, 2010 by indra

I adore my mother for the supreme sacrifices she made for her father and uncles and then for me. I have mentioned that in my earlier entries too. I was alone of my generation in my family. Nirmal, my first … Continue reading →

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Our Great Minority: An Appeal

Posted on April 28, 2010 by indra

I had some friends of minority community in IIT, Kharagpur. I adored their friendships. They were very courteous. I learnt many things from. They were from background similar to mine. They did pretty well in IIT. We all dispersed after … Continue reading →

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Free Education and Fund

Posted on April 26, 2010 by indra

I agree it is difficult for Bihar and Nitish to allocate Rs 27,000 crore for providing free and compulsory education to all the children in the age group of 6-14 years in the first year itself, when the total annual … Continue reading →

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Girls: The Only Hope of Bihar

Posted on April 24, 2010 by indra

Nitish Kumar has started blogging. And interestingly, his first entry is about the cycles given to school going girls under ‘Mukhyamantri Balika Cycle Yojna’ that have changed their lives, more so their dreams. And Nitish’s blog has got a good … Continue reading →

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IITs: Teachers’ Shortage and Technologies

Posted on April 23, 2010 by indra

If I consider the written reply of the HRD minister of state in Lok Sabha on April 21, 2010 as correct, despite an attractive pay structure, good accommodation and other perks, IITs are facing acute shortage of faculty members. IIT … Continue reading →

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